MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ PROCLAMATION NO. 256, February 14, 1956 ]
RESERVING FOR BUILDING SITE PURPOSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES A CERTAIN PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DAVAO
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 83 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for building site purpose of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, subject to private rights, if any there be, a certain parcel of the public domain situated in the City of Davao, and more particularly described, to wit:
“Lot No. 2, Sta. Ana Addition
Davao Townsite
“A parcel of land (lot No. 2, Sta. Ana. Addition, Davao Townsite), situated in Sta. Ana, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the N. by Tomas Monteverde Avenue; on the E. by Governor Carpenter Street; on the S. by the proposed First Avenue; and on the W. by Customs Street (new Agustin Alvarez Street), Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan, being N. 0° 44' W., 140.26 meters more or less from monument No. 1, Davao Townsite; thence N. 84° 55' E., 45.01 meters to point 2; thence S. 5° 05' E, 38.68 meters to point 3; thence S. 16° 45' W., 6.80 meters to point 4; thence S. 84° 55' W., 42.48 meters to point 5; thence N. 5° 05' W., 44.99 meters to the point of beginning; containing an area of 2,017 square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan; and on the ground are marked by concrete monuments. Bearings true; declination 2° 34' W., date of the original survey, June 12,—August 28, 1908.”
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1âшphi1
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary
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