Proclamation No. 223 Series of 1950




MALACAÑANG Manila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Proclamation No. 223 EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS NOS. 35 AND 35, SERIES OF 1904 AND 1912, RESPECTIVELY, A PORTION OF THE ISLAND OF CULION, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, ISLAND OF PALAWAN, AND DECLARING THE SAME OPEN FOR MINING PURPOSES. WHEREAS, a petition has been filed for the exclusion of a portion of the island of Culion, consisting of two lots (lots Nos. 3 and 4, Bsm-59), located in the Province of Palawan, Island of Palawan, from the Culion Leper Colony Reservation established; under Executive Orders Numbered Thirty-five and Thirty-five, series of nineteen hundred and four and nineteen hundred and twelve, respectively, particularly described as follows: (Lot No. 3, Bsm–59) Beginning at a point marked "1" on plan lot No. 3, Bsm-59, being N. 3° 44′ E., 12,016.94 meters more or less from U.S.C. & G.S. Triangulation Station Saddle Rock, Mun. of Coron, Palawan, thence S. 40° 00′ E., 345.00 meters to point 2; thence S. 50° 00′ W., 450.00 meters to point 3; equivalent to 3/lot No. 4, Bsm-59, thence N. 40° 00′ W., 555.00 meters to point 4; thence N. 50° 00′ E., 450.00 meters to point 5; equivalent to 4/Bsm-59, thence S. 40° 00′ E., 210.00 meters to point 1; which is the point of beginning; containing an area of 24.9750 hectares. (Lot No. 4, Bsm-59) Beginning at a point marked "1" on plan Bsm-59 being N. 3° 35′ E., 10,744.39 meters more or less from U S.C. & G.S. Triangulation Station Saddle Rock, Mun. of Coron, Palawan, thence N. 40° 00′ W., 555.00 meters to point 2; thence N. 50° 09′ E., 450.00 meters to point 3; thence S. 40° 00′ E., 555.00 meters to point 4; thence S. 50° 00′ W., 450.00 meters to point 1; which is the point of beginning; containing an area of 24.9750 hectares. WHEREAS, according to the report of the Director of Mines, concurred in by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the above-described portions of the Island of Culion, now included within the Culion Leper Colony Reservation, appears to be highly mineralized; and WHEREAS, under the provisions of section fourteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-seven, as amended, otherwise known as the Mining Act, lands within reservations established for purposes other than mining, which, after such reservation is made, are found to be more valuable for their mineral contents than for the purpose for which the reservation was made, may be withdrawn from such reservations by the President of the Philippines with the concurrence of the Congress of the Republic of the Philippines; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby exclude from the operation of Executive Orders Numbered Thirty-five and Thirty-five, series of nineteen hundred and four and nineteen hundred and twelve, respectively, the above-described portions of the Island of Culion, situated in the Province of Palawan, Island of Palawan, and declare the same open to mining location and lease under the provisions of the Mining Act. This Proclamation shall not take effect until it is concurred in by a resolution of the Congress of the Republic of the Philippines duly adopted for the purpose. 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 21st day of November in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth. ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines By the President: TEODORO EVANGELISTA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation