MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Manila

Proclamation No. 157

RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES FOR DISPLACED SETTLERS OF AMBUKLAO, BOKOD, SUB-PROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, CERTAIN PARCELS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED PARTLY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAMBANG, PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA AND PARTLY IN THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KIANGAN, SUB-PROVINCE OF IFUGAO, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 83 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, hereby reserve for settlement purposes for displace settlers of Ambuklao, Bokod, Sub-province of Benguet, Mountain province, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to future survey and to certain restrictions imposed by the Bureau of Forestry, to wit:

1. There are reserved as timber land in the areas affected herein a strip of 15 meters in width on each side of any public trail therein used as outlet for timber and other forest products, and a strip of 40 meters in width from the highest bank on each side of any stream bank protection; and

2. The utilization of forest products existing in the areas affected herein shall remain to be subject to the Forest and Internal Revenue Laws and Regulations, and the present licensees, or future holders of licenses which may be granted by the Director of Forestry covering such areas that may be occupied under the authorization of the Director of Lands, for purposes of such, utilization of the existing forest products thereof, and also shall have the right to construct and. maintain logging’ trails and roads within the conces­sions as timber outlets.

certain parcels of the public domain, situated partly in the municipality of Bambang, province of Nueva Vizcaya, and partly in the municipal district of Kiangan, sub-province of Ifugao, Mountain province, island of Luzon and more particularly described as follows:

"A parcel of land (the proposed Allay Valley Reservation), situated in the municipality of Bambang, province of Nueva Vizcaya. Bounded on the N., by Salinas, River; on the E., by Forest Reserve; on the S. and W., by Forest Reserve; and on the NW., by Salinas River. Beginning at a point marked 1 on the attached sketch plan, being S. 29° W., 960.00 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, Salinas, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, thence S. 79° E., 275,00 meters to point 2; thence N. 87° E., 220.00 meters to point 3; thence S. 44° W., 70.00 meters to point 4; thence S. 46° W., 175.00 meters to point 5; thence S. 23° W. 200.00 meters to point 6; thence S. 24° E., 250.00 meters to point 7; thence S. 19° W., 250.00 meters to point 8; thence S. 9° W., 175.00 meters to point 9; thence S. 45° W., 150.00 meters to point 10; thence SI 35° W., 250.00 meters to point 11; thence N. 20° W., 150.00 meters to point 12; thence N. 44° W., 275.00 meters to point 13; thence N. 64° W., 200.00 meters to point 14; thence S. 34° N., 200.00 meters to point 15; thence S. 29° W., 70.00 meters to point 16; thence S. 7° E., 175.00 meters to point 17; thence S. 10° E., 200.00 meters to point 18; thence S. 15° E., 200.00 meters to point 19; thence . S. 14° W., 180.00 meters to point 20; thence S. 16° W., 250.00 meters to point 21; thence S. 13° W., 126.00 meters to point 22; thence S. 26° E., 180.00 meters to point 23; thence S. 14° E., 135.00 meters to point 24; thence S. 69° E., 125.00 meters to point 25; thence S. 24° W., 150.00 meters to point 26; thence S. 81° W., 129.00 meters to point 27; thence N. 36° W., 100.00 meters to point 28; thence N. 12° W., 50.00 meters to point 29; thence N. 13° E., 90.00 meters to point 30; thence N. 13° E., 154.00 meters to point 31; thence N. 29° W., 225.00 meters to point 32; thence N. 38° W., 175.00 meters to point 33; thence N. 66° W., 104.00 meters to point 34; thence N. 45° W., 84.00 meters to point 35; thence N. 8° W., 160.00 meters to point 36; thence N. 38° E., 207.00 meters to point 37; thence N. 4° E., 160.00 meters to point 38; thence due north, 250.00 meters to point 39; thence N. 22° W., 130.00 meters to point 40; thence N. 75° E., 258.00 meters to point .41; thence N. 75° E., 100.00 meters to point 42; thence S. 30° E., 62.00 meters to point 43; thence N. 65° E., 50.00 meters to point 44; thence N. 30° E., 160.00 meters to point 45; thence N. 40° E., 126.00 meters to point 46; thence N. 25° E., 275.00 meters to point 47; thence N. 25° E., 248.00 meters to point 48; thence N. 55° E., 99.00 meters to point 49; thence N. 75° E., 100.00 meters to point 50; thence N. 80° E., 97.00 meters to point 51; thence due east, 59.00 meters to point of beginning; containing an approximate area of 165 hectares, more or less.1âwphi1 All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by trees; bearings true.

"A parcel of land (the Proposed Resettlement by the National Power Corporation for Displaced Families), situated in the sitios of Nabanganan, Bugnay and Ayangan, barrio of Lamut, Municipal District of Kiangan, sub-province of Ifugao, Mountain Province. Bounded on the N. and NE. by public forest; on the E., SE. and S., by proposed timberland; on the W., by proposed timberland and project I, block III; and on the NW., by Payawan Creek, public forest and Masapsaplac Creek. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan, being N. 50° E., 720.00 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, barrio of Lamut, municipal District of Kiangan, sub-province of Ifugao, Mountain Province, thence following Payawan Creek upstream in a northeasterly direction about 450.00 meters to point 2; thence following Payawan Creek upstream in a northeasterly direction about 480.00 meters to point 3; thence N. 37° E., 280.00 meters to point 4; thence N. 25° E., 390.00 meters to point 5; thence N. 13° E., 220.00 meters to point 6; thence following the Masapsaplac Creek upstream in a northeasterly direction about 450.00 meters to point 7; thence following the Masapsaplac Creek upstream in a northeasterly direction about 600.00 meters to point 8; thence following the Masapsaplac Creek upstream in a northeasterly direction about 700.00 meters to point 9; thence N. 79° E., 440.00 meters to point 10; thence S. 24° E., 310.00 meters to point 11; thence following the Bugnay-Pangca trail in a southeasterly direction about 520.00 meters to point 12; thence S. 76° E., 220.00 meters to point 13; thence S. 19° E., 360.00 meters to point 14; thence S. 30° W., 300.00 meters to point 15; thence S. 21° W., 200.00 meters to point 16; thence S. 8° W., 340.00 meters to point 17; thence S. 25° W., 330.00 meters to point 18; thence S. 77° W., 260.00 meters to point 19; thence S. 45° W., 240.00 meters to point 20; thence S. 52° W., 330.00 meters to point 21; thence S. 58° W., 340.00 meters to point 22; thence following a foot trail in a southwesterly direction about 300.00 meters to point 23; thence N. 80° W., 160.00 meters to point 24; thence following Hadongol Creek upstream, in a northwesterly direction about 280.00 meters to point 25; thence following Banit Creek downstream in a westerly direction about 600.00 meters to point 26; thence S. 37° W., 250.00 meters to point 27; thence following Banit Creek downstream in a southwesterly direction about 550.00 meters to point 28; thence following Banit Creek downstream in a southwesterly direction about 500.00 meters to point 29; thence following Banit Creek upstream in a northwesterly direction about 200.00 meters to point 80; thence following Bagabag-Kiangan road in a northwesterly direction about 300.00 meters to point 31; thence following Bagabag-Kiangan road in a northwesterly direction about 800.00 meters to point 82; thence following Bagabag-Kiangan road in a northeasterly direction about 700.00 meters to the point of beginning containing an approximate area of 654 hectares, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by trees; bearings true."

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 9th day of May, 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:

MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary


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