PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 324, October 29, 1973

EXCLUDING FROM THE MARIQUINA WATERSHED RESERVATION UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FORMER NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY, NOW METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SY…

Presidential Decrees October 29, 1973



WHEREAS, the Government has embarked on a program
of increased agricultural production in order to improve and augment
the stock of food necessary for our expanding population;

WHEREAS, certain parcels of land in the
municipalities of Teresa and Baras, province of Rizal, have been
reserved for watershed purposes under Executive Order No. 33, dated July
26, 1904, as amended by Executive Order Nos. 14 and 16, both series of
1915, known as the Mariquina Watershed Reservation;

WHEREAS, certain portions of said reservation
are more suited to agricultural and woodland purposes and are partly
developed for such ends;

WHEREAS, investigation conducted by the
Bureau of Lands disclosed that the said portions could be excluded from
the reservation without in the least impairing the effectiveness of the
watershed; and

WHEREAS, it will be in the best interest of
the agricultural economy of the country if the said parcels of land are
excluded from the watershed reservation and declared open to disposition
under the provisions of the Public Land Act;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,
President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by
the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the
Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21,
1972, General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, and the provisions
of Republic Act No. 3092, do hereby decree and exclude from the
operation of the Mariquina Watershed Reservation established under
Executive Order No. 33 dated July 26, 1904, as amended by Executive
Orders Nos. 14 and 16, both series of 1915, certain portion of land
embraced therein and open the same for exploitation under the provisions
of the Public Land Act, subject to private rights, if any there be,
which parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:

“A parcel of land (being a portion of plan In-12, L.R.C. Record
No. ), situated in the Barrios of Pinugay and Kayumbay, Municipalities
of Teresa and Baras, Province of Rizal. Bounded on the W., along line
1-2 by property of M.R. Mountain Resort Inc. Lot 1 and MILESTONE FARMS
INC. Lot C (LRC) Psd-24882, on the NW., and W., along lines 2-3-4-5 by
property of JOMEL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and Foremost Farm; on the N.,
along line 5-6 by Public Land; on the E., along line 6-7-8 by property
of Jose et al (Lot II-B (LRC) Psd-25839); along line 8-9-10 by Lot 10,
Psu-103291; along lines 10-11-12-13 by property of Kayumbay
Non-Christian Reservation; on the S., along lines 13-14-15- by property
of Philcomsat; on the SW., along lines 15-16-1 by property of Calaxio
Agro-Industrial Corp. (Lot 8-B (LRC) Psd-17939). Beginning at a point
marked “1” on plan, being S. 49 deg. 54′ E., 2272.19 m. from B.L.L.M. #
1, Montalban, Rizal;

thence
N.
51 deg.
54′ W.,
2120.73 m.
   to point 2;
thence
N.
47 deg.
28′ W.,
500.72 m.
  to point 3;
thence
N.
10 deg.
28′ W.,
3300.00 m.
   to point 4;
thence
N.
6 deg.
10′ E.,
1200.00 m.
   to point 5;
thence
S.
78 deg.
47′ E.,
2730.95 m.
  to point 6;
thence
S.
45 deg.
44′ W.,
872.24 m.
   to point 7;
thence
S.
11 deg.
35′ E.,
2196.50 m.
  to point 8;
thence
S.
11 deg.
13′ E.,
1454.37 m.
  to point 9;
thence
S.
11 deg.
13′ E.,
394.14 m.
   to point 10;
thence
S.
10 deg.
28′ E.,
406.14 m.
  to point 11;
thence
S.
53 deg.
30′ E.,
2282.03 m.
  to point 12;
thence
S.
26 deg.
30′ E.,
1340.00 m.
  to point 13;
thence
WEST
1400.00 m.
   to point 14;
thence
N.
84 deg.
49′ W.,
753.87 m.
   to point 15;
thence
N.
51 deg.
54′ W.,
1407.29 m.
   to point of

beginning; containing an area of SEVENTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED
EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY (17,287,460 or 1,728,7460 HAS.)
SQUARE METERS. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are
marked on ground as follows: points 6, 7, 8, by Old PLS Cyl. Mons;
point 16, by Masungit rock; and the rest by P.S. Cyl. Conc. Mons.;
bearing true; date of preparation, June 10-15, 1973.”

NOTE: These data are subject to future survey and verification on the ground.

This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

   
   
 
(Sgd.)
   FERDINAND E. MARCOS
 
President of the Philippines

 

 By the President:  
     
(Sgd.)
  ROBERTO V. REYES  
 
Assistant Executive Secretary
 

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