Territory of each special municipality.
SEC. 2. Territory of each special municipality. - The special municipality of Tablas shall include all the territory of die municipalities of Radajoz, Despujols, Odiongan, and Looc; that of Sibuyan shall include all the territory of all the municipalities of Cajidiocan, Magdiwang, and San Fernando; that of Romblon shall include all the territory now belonging to the municipality of Romblon; and that of Maghalis shall include all the territory of the municipalities of Jones, Concepcion, and Corcuera.
Corporate character of each special municipality.
SEC. 3. Corporate character of each special municipality. - Each special municipality constitutes a political body corporate endowed with the attribute of perpetual succession, and upon its organization, it shall possess and exercise, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, all the powers and authority which pertain to a municipal corporation .
Seal and general powers of each special municipality.
SEC. 4. Seal and general powers of each special municipality. - Each special municipality shall have a seal and may alter the same at pleasure.
It may take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey and dispose of real and personal property for the general interests of the special municipality, condemn private property for public use, enter into contracts, sue and be sued, prosecute aid defend itself to final judgnent and execution, and exercise all the powers hereinafter conferred.
The four special municipalities are not liable for damages.
SEC. 5. The four special municipalities are not liable for damages. - The special municipalities shall notbeliable for damages or injuries to persons or property arising from the failure of their mayors, municipal councils or any other municipal officer, to enforce the provisions of this Charter, or any other law or ordinance or for die negligence of said mayors, municipal councils or any other municipal officer while enforcing or attempting to enforce said provisions.
Police jurisdiction of the special municipality.
SEC. 6. Police jurisdiction of the special municipality.- The jurisdiction of each special municipality, exclusively for police purposes, shall extend three mile from the shore in tn the sea.
Province of Romblon - Assembly District. Its ex-officio Governor.
SEC. 7. Province of Romblon - Assembly District. Its ex-officio Governor.- The four special municipalities shall continue to form the Province of Romblon and its only Assembly Ed strict to the National Assembly. The Secretary of the Interior shall be the ex-officio governor of the Province.
The Province of Romblon as a territorial unit, shall continue to enjoy and receive the same limits, privileges, and emoluments granted by the National Government to any other provinces, which shall be distributed proportionately and equitably among the four special municipalities on the basis of the number of their inhabitants. For this purpose, the present services shall be maintained and continued to be rendered by: (a) The Office of the Engineer of the Bureau of Public Works; (b) that of the Superintends of the Bureau of Education; and (c) the Constabulary detachment, as well as the respective subordinate personnel now existing, the salary of which is paid out of the funds of the National Government.
The appointment of all the officers and employees of these offices shall be dane in the sane manner as it is done at the present time.
There shall be a Register of Deeds for the Province of Romblon.who shall act at the sane time as provincial fiscal appointed by the President. His salary shall not exceed P3,000 annually, which shall be appropriated annually in the General Appropriation Act of the National Government aid included in the appropriations for the Department of Justice.
The above-mentioned officers shall have their residences and hold office in the special municipality of Romblon.
All the obligations of the Province of Romblon and the present municipalities of the same which are outstanding at the time of the organization of the special municipalities created by this Act, shall be assumed by the latter on the basis of an equitable distribution to be made by the Auditor General with the approval of the President of the Philippines.
Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines — Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
