WHEREAS, the Catanduanes State College, acting under and by
authority of its Charter, Republic Act No. 6341, as amended by Republic
Act No. 6590, has established secondary schools in the different
municipalities of the province of Catanduanes, and these schools now
serve the educational needs of the local population;
WHEREAS, the authority to establish and maintain secondary
schools under its present charter has been questioned and a negation of
its authority would result in the closure of these secondary schools and
thus cause great hardship and dislocation in the school program of the
municipalities concerned; and
WHEREAS, it is humanely just and proper to avoid such
closure and spare the residents of Catanduanes from the arduous
consequences of such event;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby decree the amendment of Section 1 of Republic Act No. 6341, as
amended by Republic Act No. 6590 by inserting an additional clause
thereto to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. x x x x x x x
The various secondary schools that have been established and
maintained by the Catanduanes State Colleges as of the date of this
decree are hereby, recognized and confirmed, and their continued
maintenance by the Catanduanes State Colleges is hereby authorized."
Done in the City of Manila, this 26th 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