EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 266, September 24, 1949
ORGANIZING THE BARRIO OF TUNGA, MUNICIPALITY OF BARUGO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, INTO AN INDEPENDENT MUNICIPALITY UNDER THE NAME OF TUNGA.
The boundary between the municipalities of Tunga and Barugo shall be as follows:
Starting from Sagkahan extension point, on the Barago-Carigara boundary, running straight in an easterly direction to a point immediately north of the culvert bridge on the Carigara-Barugo-Jaro road; thence northeasterly in a straight line to Caracnayon bridge on the Tunga-Barugo municipal road; thence easterly in a straight-line to a point immediately north of the center of Sitio Upat; thence southeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of Bunawang River with the Barugo-Jaro boundary line. (Data used in this description based on the map of the municipality of Barugo and the proposed municipality of Tunga, submitted by the petitioners.)
The municipality of Barugo shall have its present territory minus the portion thereof included in the proposed municipality.
The municipality of Tunga shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors thereof.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary