Act No. 2408 Section 2

Territory included.

Section 2

SEC. 2. Territory included.—The Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall consist of the entire island of Mindanao, excluding only the Provinces of Misamis and Surigao, together with the Sulu Archipelago, including the islands known as the Jolo Group, the Tawi Tawi Group, and all other islands pertaining to the Philippine Archipelago under the sovereignty of the United States of America south of the eighth parallel of north latitude, excepting therefrom the islands of Palawan and Balabac, and the immediately adjacent islands, but including the island of Cagayan Sulu. The capital of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu Capital-shall be at Zamboanga.

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