MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1531, February 2, 1976 ]
EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NOS. 457 AND 544, SERIES OF 1939 AND 1940, RESPECTIVELY, AN AREA OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND HECTARES AND RESERVING THE SAME AND OTHER PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ISABELA, LAMITAN AND MALUSO, PROVINCE OF BASILAN FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORM
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to provide a more systematic public land distribution and development through a massive resettlement program in order to create a truly viable social and economic structure in agriculture;
WHEREAS, it is the duty of the government to uplift the economic well-being of our people especially the less fortunate who do not own the land they till or who do not own economic size family operated farms;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accommodate the Muslims and other dislocated landless farm tillers living at southwestern Philippines especially in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Zamboanga del Sur with lands and packages of assistance in order to make them independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens; and
WHEREAS, a big tract of fertile agricultural land, classified and unclassified, situated in the municipalities of Isabela, Lamitan and Maluso, Province of Basilan containing an area of FIFTEEN THOUSAND (15,000) HECTARES, more or less, was found suitable and available for settlement purposes by the Department of Agrarian Reform;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agrarian Reform, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Natural Resources, do hereby exclude from the operation of Proclamation Nos. 457 and 544, series of 1939 and 1940, respectively certain portion of the land embraced therein, and reserve the same and other parcels of land of the public domain situated in the municipalities of Isabela, Lamitan and Maluso, Province of Basilan, for settlement purposes under the administration and disposition of the Secretary of the Agrarian Reform, subject to private rights, if there be any, and to future classification and precise survey, which parcels of public lands are more particularly described as follows:
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Bounded on the North by Basilan Forest Reserve FR. 97, and Basilan National Park, NP. 27; on the West by Projects Nos. 11-I, 11-H; and 11-L; and on the South by Project Nos. 11-D, 11-I, Blk. XX and Project No. 12-F Block V and VI and Project No. 12-E, alienable and disposable.
Beginning on Point “I” being 38º00' E-13, 500 meters from the Municipality of Maluso, Province of Basilan:
Thence to point 1-10-30 of Proj. No. 12-F, Blk VIII, A and D;
thence along lines 31-44 of Proj. No. 12-F, Blk VI, A and D;
thence along lines 45-80 of Proj. No. 12-F, Blk V, A and D;
thence along lines 81-99 of Proj. No. 12-E, LC 2002;
thence S 5º00 E 14,000 meters to point 100;
thence N 13º00 E 4,550 meters to point 101;
thence S 84º30' E 5,300 meters to point 102;
thence along lines 105-130 of Proj. No. 11-I, Blk XIV, A and D;
thence along line 131-143 of Proj. No. 11-H, A and D, LC 2488;
thence along lines 144-156 of Proj. No. 11-I, Blk XVII, A and D, LC 1557;
thence along lines 157-160 of Proj. No. 11-I, Blk XIX, A and D;
thence along lines 161-177 of Proj. No. 11-D, Blk III, A and D, LC 1919;
thence along lines 178-192 of Proj. No. 11-I, Blk XX, A and D;
to the point of beginning containing an estimated area of FIFTEEN THOUSAND (15,000) HECTARES, more or less.
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1. All points are approximate and are subject to change based on actual classification and precise boundary survey. |
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2. The area petitioned for release for agricultural purposes by Yakan Farmers situated at sitio Limbutolan, Barrio Tumahubong, District of Lamitan, containing an area of One Thousand (1,000) Hectares, more or less, shall be segregated for them as a group.1aшphi1 |
In order to facilitate the development of the area subject of this proclamation, the Department of Agrarian Reform is hereby authorized to cut, remove and dispose of the available timber stand in the area to be used in the development of the settlement.
The Secretary of Agrarian Reform is hereby authorized to issue patents to settlers who have complied with the requirements of the law pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 3844 as amended by Republic Act No. 6389.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant
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