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Executive Order No. 368 (1959)

Reconstituting the Barrios and Sitios to Compose the Municipalities of Bontoc and Sogod, Both of the Province of Leyte, and Readjusting the Territories of Said Municipalities

Executive Order · December 28, 1959


MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 368, December 28, 1959 ]

RECONSTITUTING THE BARRIOS AND SITIOS TO COMPOSE THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BONTOC AND SOGOD, BOTH OF THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE, AND READJUSTING THE TERRITORIES OF SAID MUNICIPALITIES

Upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Leyte and pursuant to the provisions of sections sixty-eight and twenty one sixty-seven of the Revised Administrative Code, the barrios and sitios of the municipalities of Bontoc and Sogod, both of the province of Leyte, are hereby reconstituted and the territories of said municipalities readjusted so that Bontoc and Sogod consist of the following barrios and sitios:

To the municipality of Bontoc

1. Baugo | 10. Himakilo | 21. Guinsanga-an 2. Banahaw | 11. Catuogan | 22. San Vicente 3. Beniton | 12. Bonbon | 23. Sampongon 4. Bontoc (Poblacion) | 13. Lanao | 24. Talisay 5. Buenavista ( Zamora ) | 14. Malbago | 25. Taytagan 6. Bunga | 15. Mahayahay | 26. Maypay 7. Catmon | 16. Pacu | 27. Divisoria 8. Hibaguan | 17. Pamahawan | 28. Esperanza 9. Hilaan | 18. Union | 29. Legason | 19. Dao | 20. Cawayanan

To the municipality of Sogod

1. Agta | 14. Tuburan | 28. Hibodhibod 2. Boak | 15. Libas | 29. San Francisco Mabuhay 3. Concepcion | 16. Olisijan | 30. Milagrosa 4. Consolacion | 17. Pandan | 31. San Jose 5. Hipagasan | 18. San Roque | 32. Mabikay 6. Kanangcaan | 19. La Purissima Concepcion | 33. Rizal 7. Magatas | 20. Cabadbaran | 34. Benit 8. Mak | 21. Hindangan | 35. Pinamonoan 9. Sogod (Poblacion) | 22. Kauswagan | 36. Pangi 10. Suba | 23. Sta. Maria | 37. San Vicente 11. Sta. Cruz | 24. Malinaw | 38. Lawgawan 12. San Isidro (Malopao) | 25. Maria Plana | 39. Pancho Villa 13. Ta-a | 26. San Juan | 27. Dagsa

The boundary line that shall separate the municipalities of Bontoc and Sogod shall be the Granada Creek.

The reconstitution and readjustment herein made shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth.

(SGD.) CARLOS P. GARCIA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) ENRIQUE C. QUEMA

Assistant Executive Secretary

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