Proclamation No. 52 Series of 1936




MALACAÑAN PALACE Manila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Proclamation No. 52 RESERVING AND DESIGNATING AS NAGUILIAN WATERSHED RESERVATION FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION AND TIMBER PRODUCTION THE PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAGUILIAN, PROVINCE OF LA UNION, ISLAND OF LUZON. Upon the recommendation of the Director of Forestry, approved by the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, and pursuant to the provisions of section eighteen hundred and twenty-six of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Revised Administrative Code, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, hereby establish the Naguilian Watershed Reservation, and place it under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry, which shall have the authority to regulate the cutting, collecting, and removal of timber and other forest products therein in accordance with the Forest Law and regulations for watershed protection and timber production, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to any and all rights and privileges of exploration, occupation, purchase, or otherwise granted or reserved to citizen by provisions, or otherwise granted or reserved to citizens by provisions of the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and two, known as the Philippine Bill. I, therefore, withdraw from sale or settlement, except as permitted or provided for in the aforesaid Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and two, and hereby declare and proclaim to be the Naguilian Watershed Resevation that portion of the public domain situated in the Municipality of Naguilian, Province of La Union, Island of Luzon, and described in the Bureau of Forestry map No. F. R.-62, to wit: Beginning at a point marked 1 on Bureau of Forestry map No. F. R.-62, which is N. 88ْ 41’ E., 1,913.26 meters, more or less, from B. L. B. M. No. 3, barrio of Casilagan, municipality of Naguilian, Province of La Union; thence N. 10ْ 45’ E., 77.46 meters to pint 2; thence N. 7ْ 01’ E., 53.39 meters to point 3; thence N. 8ْ 02’ W., 88.71 meters to point 4; thence N. 30ْ 56’ E., 210.58 meters to point 5; thence N. 31ْ 57’ E., 146.73 meters to point 6; thence N. 83ْ 50’ E., 224.22 meters to point 7; thence N. 73ْ 48’ E., 75.45 meters to point 8; thence n. 59ْ 45’ E., 147.89 meters to point 9; thence N. 66ْ 26’ E., 79.40 meters to point 10; thence S. 41ْ 37’ E., 393.82 meters to point 11; thence N. 40ْ 59’ E., 183.00 meters to point 12; thence N. 17ْ 44’ E., 118.44 meters to pint 13; thence N. 25ْ 17’ E., 139.69 meters to point 14; thence S. 41ْ 57’ E., 361.64 meters to pint 15; thence W. 28ْ 07’ W., 153.47 meters to point 16; thence S. 49ْ 40’ W., 57.75 meters to point 17; thence S. 8ْ 06’ W., 124.78 meters to point 18; thence S. 24ْ 49’ W., 229.28 meters to point 19; thence S. 35ْ 35’ W., 104.72 meters to point 20; thence S. 48ْ 52’ W., 131.44 meters to point 21; thence S. 50ْ 13’ W., 27.43 meters to point 22; thence S. 82ْ 19’ W., 133.52 meters to point 23; thence S. 60ْ 18’ W., 128.17 meters to point 24; thence N. 89ْ 17’ W., 80.68 meters to point 25; thence N. 68ْ 46’ W., 331.11 meters to point 26; and thence N. 68ْ 46’ W., 331.11 meters to point 26; and thence N. 65ْ 12 W., 399.27 meters to point 1, the point of beginning. Containing an area of approximately 89.9540 hectares. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed. Done at the City of Manila, this eleventh day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the first. [SEAL] (Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO Secretary of the Interior The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation