RESERVING FOR PROVINCIAL LIBRARY SITE PURPOSES CERTAIN PARCELS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE CITY OF TACLOBAN

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of
Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 83
of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the
Philippines, do hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for
provincial library site purposes under the administration of the province of
Leyte, subject to private rights, if any there be, certain parcels of the
public domain situated in the City of Tacloban and more particularly described,
to wit:

“Lot 2-A, Bsd-10927
(The Provincial Government of Leyte)

“A parcel of land (lot 2-A of the subdivision
plan, Bsd-10927, being a portion of lot 2 described on plan Bsd-10713, G.L.R.O.
Record No. ), situated in the Poblacion, municipality of Tacloban, province of
Leyte. Bounded on the NE., by lot 2-D of the subdivision plan; on the SE., by lots 2-C and 2-B of the subdivision plan; and on the
SW., and NW., by lot 2-D of the subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked 1
on plan, being N. 44° 07′ W., 320.07 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, municipality of
Tacloban, Leyte, thence S. 39° 39′ E., 20.00 meters to point 2; thence N. 50° 39′
W., 35.00 meters to point 3; thence N. 39° 39′ E., 40.00 meters to point 4;
thence S. 50° 39′ E 35.00 meters to point 5; thence S. 39° 29′ W., 20.00 meters
to the point of beginning; containing an area of 1,400 square meters, more or
less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the
ground by B. L. cylindrical concrete monuments.
Bearings true; declination 1° 30′ E.; date of the
original survey, January 17, 1912 and that of the subdivision survey, September
9, 1952.

“Lot 2-B, Bsd-10927
(The Provincial Government of Leyte)

“A pared of land (lot 2-B of the subdivision
plan, Bsd-10927, being a portion of lot 2 described on plan Bsd-10713, G.L.R.O.
Record No. ), situated in the Poblacion, municipality of Tacloban, province of
Leyte. Bounded on the NE., by lot 2-C of the subdivision plan; on the SE., by
lot 1, Bsd-10713; on the SW., by lot 2-D of the subdivision plan; and on the
NW., by lot 2-A of the subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan,
being N. 44° 07′ W., 32a07 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, municipality of Tacloban,
Leyte, thence S. 50° 39′ E., 15.00 meters to point 2; thence S. 39° 39′ W.,
20.00 meters to point 3; thence N. 50° 39′ W., 15.00 meters to point 4; thence
N. 39° 39′ E., 20.00 meters to the point of beginning; containing an area of
300 square meters, more or less. All points referred to
are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by B.L. cylindrical concrete monuments except point 3 by old point. Bearings true; declination 1° 30′ E.; date of the original survey, January 17, 1912 and that
of the subdivision survey, September 9, 1952.

“Lot 2-C, Bsd-10927
(The Provincial Government of Leyte)

“A parcel of land (lot 2-C of the subdivision
plan, Bsd-10927, being a portion of lot 2 described on plan Bsd-19713, G.L.R.O.
Record No. ), situated in the Poblacion, municipality of Tacloban, province of
Leyte. Bounded on the NE., by lot 2-D of the subdivision plan; on the SE., by
lot 1, Bsd-10713; on the SW., by lot 2-B of the subdivision plan; and on the
NW., by lot 2-A of the subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan,
being N. 44° 07′ W., 320.07 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, munic­ipality of Tacloban,
Leyte, thence N. 39° 39′ E., 20.00 meters to point 2; thence S. 50° 39′ E.,
15.00 meters to point 3; thence S. 39° 3,9′ W., 20.00 meters to point 4; thence
N. 50° 39′ W., 15.00 meters to the point of beginning; containing an area of
300 square meters, more or less. All points referred to
are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by B.L. cylindrical concrete monuments except point 3 by old
corner. Bearings true; declination 1° 30′ E.; date of the original survey,
January 17, 1912 and that of the subdivision survey, September 9, 1952.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of
April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary