By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, I,
FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend
Paragraph 3 of Presidential Decree No. 339 dated November 22, 1973, to
read as follows:
"SEC. 3. — The Barangays of Ala, Margues, Dalapdap,
Ducay, Esperanza, Guimalia, Ilian, Kangkong, New Panay, Numo,
Pamadtingan, Sagasa, Salabaga and Villamor in the Municipality of
Ampatuan, Province of Maguindanao, are hereby separated from said
Municipality, and constituted into a distinct and independent
municipality to be known as the Municipality of Esperanza, in the
province of Sultan Kudarat. The seat of government of the New
municipality, shall be in the present site of the Barangay (barrio) of
Esperanza.
The barangays of Matagabong, Kauran, Mao, Talisawa, Saniag,
Tomicor, Tubak, Kamasi, Tukanalogong, Kaya-kaya, Sugadol, Banaba, and
Madanding in the Municipality of Esperanza shall remain as part of the
Municipality of Ampatuan, Province of Maguindanao.
The technical
description of the boundary of the Municipality of Ampatuan shall
correspondingly be modified to wit:
"Beginning at point at the foot of Decalongan Bridge following
the Kabulnan River downstream to an imaginary point at the junction of
the Kabulnan River and Allah River; Thence southeast following the Allah
River upstream to an imaginary point at Barrio Madanding; Thence
southwest to an imaginary point at the foot of Kakal Bridge
along the Cotabato-General Santos National Highway; Thence southwest to
an imaginary point at the boundary of the municipalities of Lebak and
old Ampatuan at Barrio Tubak; Thence Nortwest following the old boundary
of the municipalities of Upi and Ampatuan to an imaginary point at the boundary
of the municipalities of Upi and Magonoy; Thence Northeast
following the old boundary of the municipalities of Maganoy and old
Ampatuan up to the foot of Decalongan Bridge, the point of beginning."
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of December in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary