MALACAŅANG
M a n i l a
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1046-A November 12, 1976
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 729 BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES LABORATORY IN THE INSTITUTE OF PLANT BREEDING; INCREASING THE AREA THAT THE INSTITUTE SHALL ACQUIRE AND PROVIDING THE MODE AND COST OF ITS ACQUISITION; AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, with the accelerating erosion of plant genetic resources in the country, as in all parts of the world, there is an urgent need to identify a national repository for and to activate immediately a national program of collecting, introducing and conserving valuable seedstocks, and fruits and tree crops;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order:
Section 1. Section 1 of P.D. 729 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:
The function under paragraph (c) of this Section shall be performed by the National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory which is hereby established in the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) as one of its component units and as the national center in the collection and conservation of seedstocks and fruit and tree crops;
Section 2. Section 2 of P.D. 729 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:
In the acquisition of land for the Institute of Plant Breeding, the University of the Philippines at Los Baños is hereby authorized to acquire by negotiated sale or by expropriation the private agricultural properties described in Schedule "A", a 25-meter-wide right-of-way through private properties described in Schedule "B" and a 15-meter-wide right-of-way through private properties described in Schedule "C" of this Decree and in connection therewith, the provisions of Section 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of P.D. 457 are incorporated herein.
Section 3. The area authorized to be acquired by the University of the Philippines at Los Baños for the Institute of Plant Breeding is hereby increased from 150 hectares to 219 hectares.
Section 4. All executive orders, laws, decrees, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
SCHEDULE "A"
PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES TO BE ACQUIRED BY NEGOTIATED SALE OR BY EXPROPRIATION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE IPB
| Name of the Owner | TCT No. | Lot No. | Area in Sq. m. | Location |
| 1. | Honoraria Gonzales Garcia | a) T-43552 | Lot 4-SWO Amd. 4894 | 219,032 | Bay, Laguna |
| Trinidad Gonzales Belmonte | b) T-43551 | Lot 8-SWO Amd. 4894 | 134,897 | Bay, Laguna |
| 2. | Marita Ubaldo-Marasigan | T-23101 | Lot C-2-D-4 | 227,347 | Bay, Laguna |
| 3. | Pacita Ubaldo-Filart | T-23100 | Lot C-2-D-3 | 227,347 | Bay, Laguna |
| 4. | Olimpia Ubaldo-Lozano | T-23099 | Lot C-2-D-2 | 227,347 | Bay, Laguna |
| 5. | Leonarda Ubaldo-Tirona | T-23098 | Lot C-2-D-1-1 | 227,347 | Bay, Laguna |
| 6. | Jose Arguelles Concepcion | T-34363 | Lot C-2-C | 869,012 | Bay, Laguna |
| Arguelles-Peria |
| Tomas Arguelles |
| Elena Arguelles-Villarama |
| Maria Luisa Arguelles-Tanjanco |
| Pilar Arguelles-Reyes |
| Vicenter Arguelles |
| 7. | Ramon Lopez | T-12367 | Lot D-2-B-6 | 41,117 | Los Baņos, Laguna |
| Elena Lopez |
| Eliza Lopez |
| Ester Lopez |
| 8. | Nazario Quilloy | T-2636 | Lot D-2-A-B | 4,521 | Los Baņos, Laguna |
| Vicente Maraquilla |
| TOTAL AREA | 2,177,867 |
SCHEDULE "B"
PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES THROUGH WHICH 25-METERS WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY WILL BE ACQUIRED BY NEGOTIATED SALE OR BY EXPROPRIATION FOR ACCESS TO IPB FARMSTEAD SITE FROM UPLB CAMPUS
| Name of the Owner | TCT No. | Location |
| 1. | Francisco R. Lopez | T-100023 | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 2. | Ursula Villegas-Catalan | T-13174 | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 3. | Eugenia Lopez-De Villaluz | T-12363 | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 4. | Adriano Quiatchon-And Hilarda | T-23285 | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 5. | Godofredo Dava & Rufina Mercado | T.C.T.-52620-to- | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 6. | Silverio Cendana | T.C.T.-52655 | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 7. | Virgilio Carangar | T.C.T.-58417-to- | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 8. | Francisco Hilario | T.C.T. 30805 & | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 9. | Anita Breu-Garcia | T-30801 and T-24233 | Los Baños, Laguna |
| T-36063 |
| T-5506-T-24250 |
| T-24220 and T-24233 |
SCHEDULE "C"
PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES THROUGH WHICH 15-METERS WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY WILL BE ACQUIRED BY NEGOTIATED SALE OR BY EXPROPRIATION OF ACCESS TO IPB FARMSTEAD SITE FROM UPLB CAMPUS
| Name of the Owner | TCT No. | Location |
| 1. | Dominador Aspiras | Tax Declaration No. 2827 | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 2. | Elias Alvarez | Tax Declaration No. 10002 | Los Baños, Laguna |
| 3. | Eulogio Alvarez | Tax Declaration No. 2601 | Los Baños, Laguna |
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