MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 572, April 8, 1959 ]
EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION DATED JANUARY 25, 1907, AND AUGUST 30, 1916, AND OPENING TO, DISPOSITION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED WITHIN THE BAGUIO TOWNSITE RESERVATION
WHEREAS, a petition has been filed for the release of a certain mineralized area from the Baguio Townsite Reservation established under Resolutions of the Philippine Commission dated January 25, 1907, and August 30, 1916;
WHEREAS, according to the findings of the Director of Mines, concurred in by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the remaining area sought to be released from the Baguio Townsite Reservation appears to be highly mineralized and more valuable for its mineral contents and that mining operation thereon can be conducted safely at a dept below 600 feet without endangering the improvements existing on the surface;
WHEREAS, under the provisions of section 14 of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty-Seven, as amended, otherwise known as the Mining Act, lands within the reservations 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found to be more valuable for their mineral contents than for the purpose for which the reservation was made, may be withdrawn from such reservations by the President with the concurrence of the Congress of the Philippines;
NOW, THEREFORE, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty-Seven, as amended, otherwise known as the Mining Act, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, do hereby release from the operation of the Resolutions of the Philippine Commission dated January 25, 1907, and August 30, 1916, the following described parcel of land and declare the same open to disposition under the provisions of the Mining Act, situated in the City of Baguio, Island of Luzon, to wit:
“Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan of the area sought to be released from the Baguio Townsite Reservation, being N. 5° 43' E., 1,528.79 meters from Triangulation Circle, thence due East, 973.00 meters to point 2; thence due south, 1,180.00 meters to point 3; thence due West, 749.00 meters to point 4; thence N. 10° 43' W., 1,201.08 meters to point 1, which is the point of beginning. Containing an area of 101.5980 hectares.
Bounded on the North, by mining claims of the Baguio Gold Mining Co.; east, by mining claims of the Baguio Gold Mining Co.; south, by mining claims of the Baguio Gold Mining Co.; and west, by Baguio Townsite Reservation;
subject to the following conditions:
That exploration and later mining or extraction of the ere should not be made at any point less than 600 feet downward from the surface;
That any opening that may be made to the surface shall be as small as possible and for ventilation purposes only and may be made only upon the consent of the surface landowners or occupant;
That if exploration will probe sufficient ore reserve to warrant development and later mining or extraction of the ore, cut and fill method of mining, particularly filling with sand flushing should be adopted to minimize or reduce to naught any surface subsidence; and
That the operator should be required to post bonds to answer for any possible damage that may be incurred by the surface landowners as a result of mining operation in the said area.
This Proclamation shall take effect only upon the concurrence of the Congress of the Philippines.1aшphi1
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 8th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.
CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary
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