The creation of new barrios.
Section 3
SEC. 3. The creation of new barrios.—All barrios exiting at the time of the passage of this Act shall come under the provisions hereof. Upon petition of a majority of the voters in the areas affected, a new barrio may be created or the name of an existing one may be changed by the provincial board of the province, upon recommendation of the council of the municipality or municipalities in which the proposed barrio is situated. The recommendation of the municipal council shall be embodied in a resolution approved by at least two-thirds of the entire membership of the said council: Provided, however, That no new barrio may be created if its population is less than five hundred persons. Barrios shall not be created or their boundaries altered nor their names changed except under the provisions of this Act or by Act of Congress. Boundary disputes between barrios within the same municipality shall be heard and decided by the municipal council, subject to appeal within thirty days from receipt of notice of the decision by the barrio council concerned to the corresponding, provincial board, whose decision shall be final. Boundary disputes between barrios belongings to different municipalities shall be treated as boundary disputes between municipalities under existing provisions of law. All property rights of the barrios whose boundaries are altered shall be vested in the barrio in which the property is situated after the alteration has been made.