MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 96, February 09, 1955 ]

MERGING THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF LOURDEZ IN THE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ALUBIJID, EL SALVADOR, INITAO, MANTICAO AND OPOL, SAME PROVINCE.

Upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board and pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code, the territory of the municipal district of Lourdez in the province of Misamis Oriental is hereby merged with the municipalities of Alubijid, El Salvador, Initao, Manticao and Opol, all of the same province, as follows:

1. With the municipality of Alubijid the portion of the territory of the municipal district of Lourdez comprised within the following boundaries: “Beginning at a point marked ‘10’ on plan, thence S 28° 40’W, 10,570 M. to pt, ‘9’ on the south bank of the main tributary to the Alubijid River; thence upstream along the south bank of this river to point ‘8’; thence S 18°30’W, 2,930 M. to pt. ‘7’; thence N 66°15’ W, 3,560 M. to pt., ‘11’; thence N 10°45’E, 15,560 M. to pt. ‘12’ which is on the Alubijid-Initao Municipal boundary; Thence S 73°45’E, 2,610 M. to pt. ‘13’; thence S 49°15’E, 3,160 M. to the point of beginning.”

2. With the municipality of El Salvador the portion of the territory of the municipal district of Lourdez comprised within the following boundaries: “Beginning at a point marked ‘6’ on plan which is on the east bank of the Amoros River, thence upstream along the east bank of this river in a southwesterly direction to point ‘5’, thence N 66°15’W, 3,560 M. to point ‘7’; thence N 18°30’E, 2,930 M. to point ‘8’ on the south bank of the main tributary to the Alubijid River; thence along the south bank of this river downstream in a northwesterly direction to point ‘9’; thence N 23°40’E, 10,570 M. to pt. ‘10’; thence S 49°15’E, 5,010 M. to the point of beginning.”

3. With the municipality of Initao the portion of the territory of the municipal district of Lourdez comprised within the following boundaries: “Beginning at a point marked ‘12’ on plan which is on the Alubijid-Initao boundary, thence S 10°45’W, 15,560 M. to pt. ‘11’; thence N 78°05’W, 6,670 M. to pt. ‘14’ which is on the boundary of Manticao and the former municipal district of Lourdez; thence N 80°00’E, 1,490 M. to pt. ‘15’ which is on the Manticao-Initao Municipal boundary; thence N 15°10’E, 7,750 M. to pt. ‘16’ which is on the North bank of the Initao River; thence N 56°50’E, 8,260 M. to the point of beginning.”

4. With the municipality of Manticao the portion of the territory of the municipal district of Lourdez comprised within the following boundaries: “Beginning at a point marked ‘5’ on plan which is on the east bank of the Amoros River; thence S 18°20’W, 5,080 M. to pt. ‘4’ which is on the Lanao-Misamis Oriental provincial boundary; thence along the Lanao-Misamis Oriental boundary 10,270 M. in a westerly direction to pt. ‘17’; thence N 8°00’E, 9,670 M. to pt. ‘14’; thence S 74°05’E, 6,670 M. to pt. ‘11’; thence S 66°15’E, 7,140 M. to the point of beginning.”

5. With the municipality of Opol the portion of the territory of the municipal district of Lourdez comprised within the following boundaries: “Beginning at a point marked ‘1’ on plan which is on the boundaries between the former Municipal District of Lourdez, Opol and Cagayan de Oro City, thence S 18°30’W, 17,350 M. to pt. ‘2’ which is on the Lanao-Misamis Oriental boundary; thence N 53°45’W, 1,520 M. along the Lanao-Misamis Oriental boundary to pt. ‘3’; thence 1,630 M. in a westerly direction to pt. ‘4’; thence N 18°20’W, 5,080 M. to pt. ‘5’ on the east bank of the Amoros River; thence along the east bank of the Amoros River in a northeasterly direction to point ‘6’; thence S 49°15’E, 2,290 M. to the point of beginning.”

(Descriptions of the boundaries referred to above are based on the Map of the Western Part of Misamis Oriental, Scale: 1:100,000, prepared by C. T. Aleman, project inspector, and apprived by Actg. Highway District Engineer Desiderio Anolin of Misamis Oriental.)

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary


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