MALACAÑANG PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 588

RESTORING TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES A PART OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION OF NOZALEDA, CITY OF MANILA

The following Executive Order of the President of the United States dated April 15, 1939, is hereby published for the information and guidance of all concerned.

"EXECUTIVE ORDER

RESTORING TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES A PART OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION OF NOZALEDA

Whereas it appears that certain lands comprising a part of the Nozaleda Military Reservation, City of Manila, Philippine Islands, are no longer required for the purposes of such reservation; and

Whereas it is deemed desirable and in the public interest that such lands be restored to the Commonwealth of the Philippines;

Now, therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in the President by section 9 of the act of August 29, 1916, 39 Stat. 547, the following described adjoining parcels of land comprising a part of the Nozaleda Military Reservation, City of Manila, Philippine Islands, located in the northeast corner thereof, are hereby restored to the Commonwealth of the Philippines:

Parcel No. 1.—Beginning at corner No. 6 of lot No. 1 BLP-II-5955 from which corner the true bearing and distance to BLIM 47, Manila, is S. 57° 54’ E., 526.38 meters; thence from said initial point, by metes and bounds, S. 61° 31’ E., 94.16 meters, along the original boundary of the reservation, to corner No. 7, marked by a concrete monument; S. 28° 43’ W., 10.00 meters, along said original boundary to a point; N. 61° 31’ W., 77.85 meters to a point; N. 30° 00’W., 19.13 meters to corner No. 6, the place of beginning.

The parcel as described contains an area of 864 meters, more or less.

Beginning at corner No. 6 of lot No 1 BLP-II-5955; thence from said initial point, by metes and bounds, N. 30° 00′ W., 40.24 meters to a point; N. 60° 00′ E., 46.05 meters to corner No 3, marked by a concrete monument; S. 46° 59′ W., 39.24 meters along the original boundary of the reservation at corner No. 4; S. 51° 04′ E., 26.06 meters, along the said original boundary to comer No. 5; S. 37° 55′ W., 18.58 meters, along the said original boundary to corner No. 6, the place of beginning.

The parcel as described contains an area of 606 square meters, more or less.

The directions of the lines refer to the true meridian,

Total area to be restored, consisting of parcels Nos. 1 and 2, is 1,470 square meters or 0.36 acre, more or less.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 15, 1939."

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this twenty-second day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.

MANUEL L QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President


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