Preamble
WHEREAS, the scope of responsibility and function of the Department of Public Highways, as created under Presidential Decree No. 458, has been enlarged with the creation of the Bureau of Barangay Roads; WHEREAS, there are now three bureaus under the Department, in addition to the existing twelve regional offices and districts and cities under them; WHEREAS, the magnitude of the work and responsibility of the Department, as well as the wide scope of its operation, warrants the existence of a Legal Service in the Department Proper to provide legal service and support to all the bureaus, regions and field offices under it; WHEREAS, the Commission on Reorganization recognized the need of a legal service in the different departments whose scope of operation and magnitude of work and responsibility are similar to those of the Department of Public Highways; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order: