Preamble
WHEREAS, the Constitution provides that all educational institutions shall aim to develop, among others, scientific, technological and vocational efficiency; WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 614 converted the Ilocos Norte Institute of Technology into a State College known as Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology to provide higher technological, professional, and vocational instruction and training in science, agricultural and industrial fields, as well as short-term technical or vocational courses, and to promote research, advance studies, and progressive leadership in its areas of specialization; WHEREAS, the Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology is rapidly expanding its curriculum offerings and among its new colleges is the College of Forestry which offers the Bachelor of Science in Forestry degree and a two (2) year Ranger course; WHEREAS, forestry and ranger students in this college have no available laboratory area wherein to undertake their (Held practice; and WHEREAS, the Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology properly deserves the government's attention and support in the form of land grants; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree: