MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Manila

Proclamation No. 116

EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 414, SERIES OF 1931, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE DAVAO PENAL COLONY, SITUATED IN THE SITIO OF TUGANAY, MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF PANABO (FORMERLY TAGUM), PROVINCE OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND EMBRACED THEREIN AND DECLARING THE SAME AS "TANGLAW SETTLEMENT" OPEN TO DISPOSITION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the authority vested, in me by law, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby exclude from the operation of Proclamation No. 414, series of 1931, which established the Davao Penal Colony, situated in the sitio of Tuganay, municipal District of Panabo (formerly Tagum), province of Davao, island of Mindanao, a certain parcel of land embraced therein and declare the same as "Tanglaw Settlement" open to disposition under the provisions, of the Public Land Act, which parcel of land is more particularly described, to wit:

"Beginning at a point marked 1 on the attached sketch plan (white print), being S. 52° W., 2,800.00 meters from M.B.M. 19, Tagum Cadastre; thence due south, 800.00 meters to point 2 which is at the west bank of Bacali Creek; thence following the west bank of Bacali Creek in a southeast direction 2,050 meters to point 3 at the junction of Tuganay River and Bacali Creek; thence following the west bank of Tuganay River in a southeast direction 3,750 meters to point 4; which is at the west bank of Tuganay River, opposite the mouth of Kagitgitan River; thence following the bank of Tuganay River in a southeast direction 80.00 meters to point 5 which is at west bank of Tuganay River; thence due west, 4,120 meters to point 6; thence due north, 4,910 meters to point 7; thence due east, 600 meters to point 1, point of beginning; containing- an approximate area of 1,000 hectares."

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary


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