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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 44, July 06, 1954 ]

INCORPORATING THE MUNICIPAL PORT OF LAZARETO IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALAPAN WITH THE NATIONAL PORT OF CALAPAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO.

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide the Province of Oriental Mindoro with a port that may be used by shipping throughout the year with certain degree of safety and convenience;

WHEREAS, the Port of Calapan, the principal port of the province, is so exposed to the northeast that during certain periods of the year, when the northeast monsoon is blowing, the vessels calling at this port and the passenger on board are open to much inconvenience and danger;

WHEREAS, there is a pier recently constructed in the Port of Lazareto which is close to the Port of Calapan;

WHEREAS, the Port of Lazareto is well protected against the northeast winds so that it serves as an auxiliary port for Calapan during the period of northeast monsoon; and

WHEREAS, there is need to fix the responsibility for the proper administration, operation, improvement and maintenance of the Port of Lazareto, and a unified administration and operation by the Government of both ports in Calapan would be more desirable than having two agencies operate the two ports separately;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the Philippine Port Commission, do hereby declare the Port of Lazareto as incorporated with the Port of Calapan to form an integral part thereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.1a⍵⍴h!1

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary

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