RESERVING FOR CITY GOVERNMENT CENTER SITE PURPOSES A CERTAIN PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WITHIN THE FORMER CAMP BUMPUS SITUATED IN TACLOBAN CITY

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of
Agricul­ture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provision 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
Government center site purposes of the City of Tacloban, subject to private
rights, if any there be, a certain parcel of the public domain within the
former Camp Bumpus situated in said City and more particularly described, to
wit:

“Lot I-1, Psd-42973
(Tacloban City Government Center Site)

“A parcel of land (Lot I-l of the subdivision
plan Psd-42.973, being a portion of lot 1 described on plan Bsd-450, G.L.R.O.
Record No. ?????), situated in the City of Tacloban. Bounded on the NE., by lot
1-2 of the subdivision plan; on the SE., by provincial
road (lot B, Bsd-450) and lot P of plan Bsd-450; on the SW., by Calle
Gran Capitan and lot P of plan Bsd-450; and on the NW., by lot P of plain
Bsd-450 and lot 1-2 of the subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked 1 on
plan, being S. 86° 25′ E., 269.19 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, muncipality of Tacloban, thence S. 49° 08′. W., 12.15
meters to point 2; thence S. 85° 20′ W., 191.51 meters to point 3; thence N.
41° 26′ E., 59.62 meters to point 4; thence N. 50° 30′ W., 78.25 meters to
point 5; thence S. 41° 23′ W., 59.64 meters to point 6; thence N. 50° 13′ W.,
104.12 meters to point 7; thence N. 40° 31′ E, 3.60 meters to point 8; thence
N. 40° 04′ E., 79.08 meters to point 9; thence N. 58° 04′ E., 20.31 meters to
point 10; thence N. 62° 23′ E., 82.28 meters to point 11; thence N. 69° 51′ E.,
38.87 meters to point 12; thence N. 66° 16′ E., 37.19 meters to point 13;
thence N. 57° 41′ E., 28.47 meters to point 14; thence N. 43° 36′ E., 25.38
meters to point 15; thence N. 35° 48′ E., 36.67 meters to point 16; thence N.
27° 07′ E., 14.50 to point 17; thence S. 36° 06′ E., 244.76 meters to point 18;
thence S. 26° 14′ E., 98.33 meters to the point of beginning; containing an
area of 63,480 square meters, more or less. All points referred to are
indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: points 4, 5 and
6, by old corners; point 7 by 6″ nails driven on road; and the rest, by P. L.
S. cylindrical concrete monuments; bearings true; declination 1° 30′ E.; date of the
original survey, January 17, 1912 and that of the subdivision survey, March
11-20, 1954.”

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 15th day of
March, 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:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary