MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 25, April 18, 1966 ]

EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 24 DATED DECEMBER 1, 1945 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BATAAN NATIONAL PARK RESERVATION SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF HERMOSA, ORANI, SAMAL, ABUCAY, BALANGA, PILAR, BAGAC, AND MORON, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, AND IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SUBIC, PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES, A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE LAND EMBRACED THEREIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PILAR, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, AND RESERVING THE SAME FOR NATIONAL SHRINE PURPOSES.

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby exclude from the operation of Proclamation No. 24, dated December 1, 1945 which established the Bataan National Park Reservation situated in the municipalities of Hermosa, Orani, Samal, Abucay, Balanga, Pilar, Bagac, and Moron, Province of Bataan, and in the municipality of Subic, province of Zambales, a certain portion of the land embraced therein situated in the municipality of Pilar, province of Bataan, and reserve the same for national shrine purposes under the administration of the National Shrine Commission, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to future survey, which portion is more particularly described as follows:

The Proposed site of MT. SAMAT NATIONAL SHRINE

A PARCEL OF LAND (the proposed site of MT. SAMAT NATIONAL SHRINE), situated in the Municipality of Pilar, Province of Bataan.

Bounded on the NORTH, by Alienable & Disposable Land; on the EAST and SOUTHEAST, by Tala River and Mariveles Military Reservation; on the SOUTHWEST, by Mariveles Military Reservation; and on the WEST, by Pantigan River.

Beginning at a point marked “1” on the attach Sketch Plan, being S. 5 deg. 15' W., 775.00 m. from M.B.M. 3, Pilar Cadastre,

thence following Tala River upstream in a southwesterly direction about 2,160.00 m. to point 2;

thence S. 54 deg. 00' W., 2420.00 m. to point 3;
thence N. 52 deg. 00' W., 3200.00 m. to point 4;

thence following Pantigan River downstream in a northerly direction about 2240.00 m. to point 5;

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thence N. 46 deg. 00' E., 540.00 m. to point 6;
thence N. 77 deg. 00' E., 219.00 m. to point 7;
thence Due E A S T 324.00 m. to point 8;
thence S. 60 deg. 00' E., 552.00 m. to point 9;
thence S. 6 deg. 00' W., 345.00 m. to point 10;
thence S. 31 deg. 00' W., 309.00 m. to point 11;
thence S. 34 deg. 00' E., 435.00 m. to point 12;
thence S. 50 deg. 00' E., 450.00 m. to point 13,
thence Due EAST 360.00 m. to point 14;

thence following Calmo River downstream in a north-easterly direction about 1860.00 m.1aшphi1 to point 15;

thence N. 55 deg. 00' E., 360.00 m. to point 16;
thence Due E A S T 345.00 m. to point 17;
thence S. 88 deg. 00' E., 225.00 m. to point 18;
thence S. 82 deg. 00' E., 262.00 m. to point 19;
thence S. 81 deg. 00' E., 142.00 m. to point 20;
thence S. 7 deg. 00' W., 165.00 m. to point 21;
thence S. 80 deg. 00' E., 210.00 m. to point 22;
thence N. 72 deg. 00' E., 114.00 m. to point 23;
thence S. 76 deg. 00' E., 390.00 m. to point 24;

thence Northern Boundary of Lot 321, along trail in an easterly direction about 320.00 m. to point 25;

thence S. 69 deg. 00' E., 592.00 m. to point 26;
thence S. 7 deg. 00' E., 307.00 m. to point 27;
thence N. 87 deg. 00' E., 225.00 to the point of

beginning; containing an area of FIFTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND (15,470,000) Square Meters.

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 18th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary


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