PROCLAMATION NO. 250, January 25, 1956
REVOKING PROCLAMATION NUMBERED SIXTY-SIX, SERIES OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, WHICH ESTABLISHED MT. BANKAI FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CUYAPO, PROVIN…
WHEREAS, petitions have been filed for the
release for agricultural purposes of certain portions of Mt. Bankai Forest
Reserve established under Proclamation No. 66, series of 1923;
WHEREAS, it has been found by the Director of
Forestry that the greater portion of Mt. Bankai Forest Reserve is suitable for
agricultural purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions
of Section Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-six of the Revised Administrative Code,
I hereby revoke Proclamation No. 66 dated October 20, 1923, and declare such
portions of Mt. Bankai Forest Reserve found suitable for agricultural purposes
by the Director of Forestry open to disposition under the provisions of the
Public Land Act.
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 25th day of
January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
(SGD.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary