Executive Order No. 465 (1951)
Reclassifying the Provinces of the Philippines
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 465, August 22, 1951 ]
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 1 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 revenue during the five consecutive fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fiity as certified by the General Auditing Office:
PROVINCES
First Class—A | First Class—B Albay | Antique Batangas | Davao Bohol | Larao Bulacan | Misamis Occidental Cagayan | Surigao Camarines Sur | First Class Capiz | Masbate Cavite | Mountain Province Cebu | Sulu Cotabato | Zamboanga Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur | Second Class Iloilo | Agusan Isabela | Bataan Laguna | Camarines Norte Leyte | Nueva Vizcaya Misamis Oriental | Romblon Negros Occidental | Zambales Negros Oriental | Third Class Nueva Ecija | Abra Pampanga | Bukidnon Pangasinan | Catanduanes Quezon Rizal | Marinduque Samar | Palawan Sorsogon | Fifth Class Tarlac | Batanes
Any province which, by virtue hereof, is raised in classification, shall pay the full amount of the increases in salaries of the officials thereof whose salaries are partly chargeable against the National Government, until the portion thereof payable by the National Government is duly provided in the annual General Appropriation Act.
The classification herein made shall take effect on July 1,1951, except as regards the Provinces of Mindoro Oriental and Mindoro Occidental, the classification of which is being held in abeyance pending readjustment of the finances of said provinces resulting from the division on November 15, 1950, of the former Province of Mindoro.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary