MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 34, May 20, 1954 ]
DECLARING THAT PORTION OF THE BENGUET ROAD (KENNON ROAD) FROM KLONDYKE’S SPRING TO CAMP SIX WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AS TOLL ROAD AND FIXING SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR THE COLLECTION OF TOLLS THEREON.
By virtue of the powers vested in me by Section One of Act Numbered One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, as amended by Acts Numbered Two thousand four hundred and fourteen and three thousand five hundred and forty-two, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare that portion of the Benguet Road (Kennon Road) from Klondyke’s Spring to Camp Six within the Mountain Province as toll road and direct that the following tolls be collected thereon:
| (a) |
Motorcycles, each |
₱0.20 |
| (b) |
Automobiles, cars, jeeps, auto-calesas, pick-ups, and station wagons, each |
2.00 |
| (c) |
Automobile trailers with two wheels not exceeding 1,000 kilos in weight, each |
3.00 |
| (d) |
Motor trucks, passenger (regardless of capacity and number of passengers without exception), each |
5.00 |
| (e) |
Motor trucks, trailers and tractors, (freight), each: |
|
6,000 kilos or less gross capacity |
5.00 |
|
6,001 kilos or more gross capacity |
10.00 |
Provided, That all buses of the Manila Railroad Company on the Manila-Baguio run and return shall pay a regular toll charge of P5.00 per trip and that all its buses commuting between Damortis and Baguio and return shall be subject to a flat annual payment of P10,000.00.
Exemptions:
| (a) |
Motor vehicles of the United States Army, Navy and Air corps and privately owned motor vehicles of officers, enlisted men and civilian employees of said organizations when certified by authorized officers that said vehicles are used for military purposes. |
| (b) |
Motor vehicles of all United States Government agencies in the Philippines engaged in rehabilitation work. |
| (c) |
Motor vehicles of the Republic of the Philippines. |
| (d) |
Motor vehicles of the Philippine Red Cross and relief organizations of the Republic of the Philippines. |
| (e) |
Privately owned cars of officers and employees of the Republic of the Philippines, whether national, provincial, or municipal, when certified as travelling on official business. |
All previous executive orders or parts thereof as well as directives inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.
This Order shall take effect on June 1, 1954.1a⍵⍴h!1
Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.
(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary
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