Temporary boundaries of city prescribed.
Section 2
SEC. 2. Temporary boundaries of city prescribed.—The temporary boundaries and limits of said city are hereby established and prescribed in general, as follows: Beginning at a point at the junction of Estero Vitas with Manila Bay at low-water mark, in the northwest corner of Manila, thence running S. 63° E. up Bocana Vitas to its junction with Estero Gagalangin, two hundred and twenty-six meters; thence N. 30° E. on Gagalangin Estero, three hundred and sixty-two and fifty one-hundredths meters; thence S. 80° E. to the center of the main road to Caloocan at its junction with Calle Solis, six hundred and seventy-nine meters; thence S. 76° E. in center of Calle Solis, eighty-five meters; thence N. 82° 15' E. fifty meters; thence N. 75° 10' E. to junction with Manila and Dagupan Railroad, one hundred and forty-seven and fifty one-hundredths meters; thence S. 79° E. in center of Calle Solis, sixty-eight meters; thence N. 79° E. one hundred meters; thence N. 70° 15' E. two hundred and fifty-two and fifty one-hundredths meters; thence N. 79° 50' E. to junction of Calle Solis with Calle Lico, one hundred and eighty-six meters; thence S. 71° 30' E. crossing Paangbundoc palay fields to a point at the junction of Calle Sangieyes and Calle Loma, seven hundred and twenty-six meters; thence N. 56° E. in center of Calle Sangieyes to a point in front of the Chinese Hospital, one hundred and seventy meters; thence N. 63° 50' E. across fields to center of Blockhouse number four, four hundred and forty-five meters; thence S. 22° E. to center of Blockhouse number five, one hundred and eighty-four meters; thence S. 22° E. to center of Blockhouse number six, five hundred and forty and twenty one-hundredths meters; thence S. 43° 15' E. to center of Blockhouse number eight, seven hundred and fifty-three meters; thence S. 80° 10' E. to center of Blockhouse number nine, seven hundred and four and twenty one-hundredths meters; thence S. 53° E. to center of Blockhouse number ten (or Baligbaligy), nine hundred and seven and fifty one-hundredths meters; thence S. 58° E. to center of Blockhouse number eleven, four hundred and fifty-seven meters; thence S. 38° 15' E. to center of San Juan Bridge, seven hundred and fifty-seven meters; thence S. 55° 30' E. down middle of San Juan River, four hundred and seventy-nine meters; thence S. 26° 10' E. five hundred and fifty-two meters; thence S. 3° 40' W. one hundred and eighty-five meters; thence S. 48° 15' W. five hundred and five meters; thence S. 63° 30' W. three hundred and sixteen meters; thence S. 83° W. three hundred and eighty-two meters; thence N. 64 ° 10' W. one hundred and fifty-one meters; thence N. 29° 50' W. to a point in the middle of the Pasig River, one hundred and thirty-five meters; thence S. 67° 10' W. on the Pasig River, one hundred and thirty-seven and fifty one-hundredths meters; thence up the center of Estero Biata to a point at its junction with Estero Pesa-francia and Estero Lasdamas; thence continuing up the middle of Estero Lasdamas to a point at its junction with Estero Paco; thence on Estero Paco to Calle Lingeros and Estero Tripa de Gallina; thence in the middle of Estero de Gallina to a point on the Singalon Bridge on the road from Pineda to San Pedro Macati; thence S. 76° W. to the middle of Calle Lico, forty meters; thence S. 47° 30' W. in the middle of Calle Lico to its junction with Camino Singalon, thirty-nine meters; thence S. 63° 40' W. to Calle Real do Pineda, one hundred and nineteen meters; thence S. 63° 50' W. in the middle of the road from Singalon to Maytubig or Malate, one hundred and eighty-five meters; thence S. 26° 30' W. one hundred and fifty-nine meters; thence S. 81 ° 50' W. one hundred and fifty-two and fifty one-hundredths meters; thence S. 69 ° 50' W. twenty-three meters; thence S. 77° 30' W. one hundred and seventy meters; thence S. 68° 40' W. to the junction of Calle San Lucas, one hundred and sixty-seven and fifty one-hundredths meters; thence S. 22° 50' E. in the middle of Calle San Lucas, two hundred and twenty-four meters; thence across fields S. 68° 30' W. to a point in the middle of Calle Marina, about two hundred and six meters, to low-water mark in Manila Bay; thence following the shore line of said bay at low-water mark in a general northwesterly direction to the point of beginning. On or before the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and one, the Municipal Board hereinafter provided for shall make careful investigation and fix what, in its opinion, are proper boundaries for the city of Manila, and make report of its investigations to the Commission for further legislation. For this purpose it shall cause surveys to be made of the proposed new boundaries and may include within such proposed boundaries territory not now or heretofore included in the city of Manila.