Executive Order No. 188 (1956)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 188, July 09, 1956 ]

RECLASSIFYING THE PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

Pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act Numbered One hundred and thirty, the following provinces are hereby reclassified as indicated herein, in accordance with the schedule provided in section one of Act Numbered Three thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, as amended by Act Numbered Four thousand two hundred and sixteen, on the basis of their average annual revenues during the five consecutive fiscal years ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, as certified by the General Auditing Office:

PROVINCES

First Class—A

Albay | Ilocos Sur | Nueva Ecija Antique | Iloilo | Pampanga Batangas | Isabela | Pangasinan Bohol | Laguna | Quezon Bulacan | Lanao | Rizal Cagayan | La Union | Samar Camarines Sur | Leyte | Sorsogon Capiz | Masbate | Sulu Cavite | Misamis Occidental | Surigao Cebu | Misamis Oriental | Tarlac Cotabato | Mountain Province | Zambales Davao | Negros Occidental | Zamboanga del Norte Ilocos Norte | Negros Oriental

First Class—B

Camarines Norte | Oriental Mindoro

First Class

Agusan | Nueva Vizcaya | Romblon Bataan | Palawan | Zamboanga del Sur

Second Class

Abra | Bukidnon | Catanduanes | Marinduque

Fourth Class

Batanes | Occidental Mindoro

The classification herein made shall take effect on July 1, 1956.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON

Executive Secretary