Presidential Decree No. 1240 (PD 1240) — Creating the Municipality of Josefina in the Province of Zamboanga Del Sur.
WHEREAS, the fundamental aim of the government is to provide
every possible opportunity and facility to accelerate the pace of progress
throughout the country not only in areas where economic development lagged out
but likewise in places where political reasons, among others, constitute a
stumbling block toward the early realization of the ideals of the New
Society;
WHEREAS, the necessity is felt, in order to maximize the
efficacy of law and order and to expedite optimum development in the proposed
municipality as same would enhance the progress and development of the
localities involved for, in this regard, government projects would be subjected
to closer attention of local officials;
WHEREAS, the creation of the proposed municipality will
redound and contribute greatly to the maintenance of peace and order and to the
pacification drive to restore normalcy in the area; and
WHEREAS, the proposed municipality will become a
self-reliant community once intensified government projects are made in line
with the declared policy of the government to uplift the socio-economic
well-being of the residents therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vsted by the Constitution do hereby
order and decree as part of the law of the land, the following:
SECTION 1. Barangay Bogo Calabat, Sebukang, Nopolan, LOwer
BAg-ong Tudela, Leonardo, Gumahan, Mansanas, Nemenio, Moradje, Dawa, Tagaytay
Hill, Lipatan and Ebarle, all in the Municipality of Tambulig, Province of
Zamboanga del Sur, are hereby detached and separated therefrom to form and
constitute into a distinct and independent municipality which is hereby created
to be known as the Municipality of Josefina without affecting in any manner the
legal existence of the mother Municipality of tambulig. The new municipality
shall be specifically bounded as follows:
" Beginning at a point marked "1" the existing barrio hall of Bogo Calabat,
thence due south, 2,100 meters to point "2", thence due west, 3,000 meters to
point "3"; thence due north 19,200 meters to point "4"; (the intersection of
Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Boundary) thence due east
following the common boundary of Zamboanga del Norte to a distance of 5,200
meters until it intersects the provincial boundary of Misamis Occidental and
Zamboanga del Sur to point "5"; thence due south following the common provincial
boundary of Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur to a distance of 17,200
meters to point "6"; thence due west 1,250 meters to point "7"; thence due south
1,300 meters to "8"; thence due west 1,000 meters to point "9"; (identical to
point 2) thence due north 2,100 meters to point "1" the point
beginning."
The seat of the government of the newly created municipality shall be in
Barangay Gumahan.
SEC. 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law, now or hereafter applicable to regular municipalities, shall
be applicable to the Municipality of Josefina.
SEC. 3. The present elective municipal officials of the
Municipality of Tambulig shall continue to perform their duties as such
officials in the newly created Municipality of Josefina until the municipal
officials of said municipality shall have been appointed by the president. Such
officials so appointed shall hold office until their successors shall have been
elected in the regular elections for municipal officials following the issuance
of this Decree and shall have qualified unless sooner removed at the pleasure of
the President. Such appointive officers and employees as may be necessary to
organize or to complete the government personnel of the Municipality of Josefina
shall be appointed as provided for under existing laws.
SEC. 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Josefina in the obligations, funds, assets and other
property of the Municipality of Tambulig shall be transferred by the President
to the newly created municipality upon the recommendation of the Commission on
Audit.
SEC. 5. All laws or parts of laws as well as all executive
orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila this 11th day of November, in the year of our Lord
Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Seven.
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
