MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1499, September 11, 1975 ]
RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BININDAYAN, BAYANG, TUBURAN, BUTIG, LUMBATAN, AND PAGAYAWAN (TATARICAN) PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the State to provide a more vigorous and systematic land resettlement program and public land distribution in order to create a truly social and viable economic structure in agriculture;
WHEREAS, it is the duty of Government to uplift the economic well-being of our people, especially the less fortunate farmers who do not own their farms or who do not own economic size farms;
WHEREAS, there are Muslim farmers in Lanao del Sur who were forced to abandon their homes and landholdings by reason of the subversive activities of some misguided elements of our society, as well as Muslim landless families who are victims of land grabbing by scrupulous individuals, both Muslims and Christians;
WHEREAS, it is the policy and responsibility of the government to rehabilitate the lives of these unfortunate Muslims by providing them with lands and technical guidance in order to make them independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens of our country;
WHEREAS, a big tract of fertile agricultural land, classified as Lanao Projects No. 3, 3-A, 9, 16 and 23 by the Bureau of Forest Development and located in the municipalities of Binidayan, Bayang, Tubaran, Butig, Lumbatan and Pagayawan (Tatarican), all in the province of Lanao del Sur, consisting of EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN (18,197) HECTARES, more or less, is found to be suitable to rice, corn, coffee, fruit trees and other short-term crop and for settlement purposes under the administration and disposition of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon recommendation of the Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Natural Resources, do hereby reserve for settlement purposes under the administration and disposition of the Department of Agrarian Reform, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the future classification and survey, certain parcels of land more particularly described as follows:
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
A parcel of land of the proposed DAR UNAYAN VALLEY SETTLEMENT RESERVATION situated in the municipalities of Binidayan, Bayang, Tubaran, Butig, Lumbatan and Pagayawan (Tararican), all in the province of Lanao del Sur, bounded on the southwest from points 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, municipality of Nunugnan; on the northwest along points 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, Lake Lanao; on the east along points 13, 14, 15 and 16, Timberland area; on the southeast along points 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 to point 1, province of Lanao del Sur, S 45 deg. 30' W, 4,230 meters from B.L.L.M. of the municipality of Malabang, Lanao del Sur:
thence N. 25 deg. 30' W., 4,000 m. to point 2;
thence N. 24 deg. 30' W., 3,750 m. to point 3;
thence N. 24 deg. 30' W., 4,000 m. to point 4;
thence N. 25 deg. 00' E., 5,000 m. to point 5;
thence S. 84 deg. 30' E., 4,000 m. to point 6;
thence S. 24 deg. 30' W., 3,200 m. to point 7;
thence S. 84 deg. 30' E., 2,200 m. to point 8;
thence N. 8 deg. 31' W., 3,130 m. to point 9;
thence S. 72 deg. 30' E., 4,600 m. to point 10
thence N. 67 deg. 00' E., 4,100 m. to point 11;
thence N. 67 deg. 00' E., 4,500 m. to point 12;
thence N. 67 deg. 00’ E., 4,000 m. to point 13;
thence S. 1 deg. 30' E., 4,000 m. to point 14;
thence S. 1 deg. 30' E., 3,600 m. to point 15;
thence S. 1 deg. 30' E., 2,300 m. to point 16;
thence N. 88 deg. 30’ W., 3,000 m. to point 17;
thence N. 88 deg. 30' W., 3,600 m. to point 18;
thence N. 88 deg. 30' W., 4,100 m. to point 19;
thence N. 35 deg. 00' W., 3,100 m. to point 20;
thence S. 30 deg. 00' W., 2,900 m. to point 21;
thence S. 41 deg. 00' E., 3,600 m. to point 22;
thence S. 72 deg. 00' W., 5,000 m. to point 23;
thence S. 73 deg. 00' W., 2,800 m. to point 24;
beginning; containing an area of EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN (18,197) HECTARES, more or less, date of Economic and Census Survey on December, 1973 and January, .1974, marked on the ground with X on tree, X on rocks and intersection of creeks.1aшphi1
In order to facilitate the development of the area, subject of this proclamation, the Department of Agrarian Reform is hereby authorized to cut, remove and dispose of the available timberland in the area to be used in the development of the settlement, subject to forestry laws, rules and regulations governing this natter.
The Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform is hereby authorized to issue patents to settlers who have complied with the requirements of the law pursuant to provisions of Section 51, sub-paragraph 9 of Republic Act 3844 as amended by Republic Act No. 6389.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11 day of September in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Five.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary
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