RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES FOR DISPLACED SETTLERS OF AMBUKLAO, BOKOD, SUB-PROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, CERTAIN PARCELS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED PARTLY IN …

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, hereby reserve for settlement purposes for displace
settlers of Ambuklao, Bokod, Sub-province of Benguet, Mountain province,
subject to private rights, if any there be, and to future survey and to certain
restrictions imposed by the Bureau of Forestry, to wit:

1. There are reserved as timber land in the areas
affected herein a strip of 15 meters in width on
each side of any public trail therein used as outlet
for timber and other forest products, and a strip of 40 meters in width from the highest bank on each side of any stream bank
protection; and

2. The utilization of forest products existing in
the areas affected herein shall remain to be subject to the Forest and Internal
Revenue Laws and Regulations, and the present licensees, or future holders of
licenses which may be granted by the Director of Forestry covering such areas
that may be occupied under the authorization of the Director of Lands, for
purposes of such, utilization of the existing forest products thereof, and also
shall have the right to construct and. maintain
logging’ trails and roads within the conces­sions  as  timber
outlets.

certain parcels of
the public domain, situated partly in the municipality of Bambang, province of
Nueva Vizcaya, and partly in the municipal district of Kiangan, sub-province of Ifugao, Mountain province, island of Luzon and more particularly described as
follows:

“A parcel of land (the proposed Allay Valley
Reservation), situated in the municipality of Bambang, province of Nueva
Vizcaya. Bounded on the N., by Salinas, River; on the E., by Forest Reserve; on
the S. and W., by Forest Reserve; and on the NW.,
by Salinas River. Beginning at a point marked 1 on the attached sketch plan,
being S. 29° W., 960.00 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, Salinas, Bambang, Nueva
Vizcaya, thence S. 79° E., 275,00 meters to point 2; thence N. 87° E., 220.00
meters to point 3; thence S. 44° W., 70.00 meters to point 4; thence S. 46° W.,
175.00 meters to point 5; thence S. 23° W. 200.00 meters to point 6; thence S.
24° E., 250.00 meters to point 7; thence S. 19° W., 250.00 meters to point 8;
thence S. 9° W., 175.00 meters to point 9; thence S. 45° W., 150.00 meters to
point 10; thence SI 35° W., 250.00 meters to point 11; thence N. 20° W., 150.00
meters to point 12; thence N. 44° W., 275.00 meters to point 13; thence N. 64°
W., 200.00 meters to point 14; thence S. 34° N., 200.00 meters to point 15;
thence S. 29° W., 70.00 meters to point 16; thence S. 7° E., 175.00 meters to
point 17; thence S. 10° E., 200.00 meters to point 18; thence S. 15° E., 200.00
meters to point 19; thence . S. 14° W., 180.00 meters to point 20; thence S.
16° W., 250.00 meters to point 21; thence S. 13° W., 126.00 meters to point 22;
thence S. 26° E., 180.00 meters to point 23; thence S. 14° E., 135.00 meters to
point 24; thence S. 69° E., 125.00 meters to point 25; thence S. 24° W., 150.00
meters to point 26; thence S. 81° W., 129.00 meters to point 27; thence N. 36°
W., 100.00 meters to point 28; thence N. 12° W., 50.00 meters to point 29;
thence N. 13° E., 90.00 meters to point 30; thence N. 13° E., 154.00 meters to
point 31; thence N. 29° W., 225.00 meters to point 32; thence N. 38° W., 175.00
meters to point 33; thence N. 66° W., 104.00 meters to point 34; thence N. 45°
W., 84.00 meters to point 35; thence N. 8° W., 160.00 meters to point 36;
thence N. 38° E., 207.00 meters to point 37; thence N. 4° E., 160.00 meters to
point 38; thence due north, 250.00 meters to point 39; thence N. 22° W., 130.00
meters to point 40; thence N. 75° E., 258.00 meters to point .41; thence N. 75°
E., 100.00 meters to point 42; thence S. 30° E., 62.00 meters to point 43;
thence N. 65° E., 50.00 meters to point 44; thence N. 30° E., 160.00 meters to
point 45; thence N. 40° E., 126.00 meters to point 46; thence N. 25° E., 275.00
meters to point 47; thence N. 25° E., 248.00 meters to point 48; thence N. 55°
E., 99.00 meters to point 49; thence N. 75° E., 100.00 meters to point 50;
thence N. 80° E., 97.00 meters to point 51; thence due east, 59.00 meters to point
of beginning; containing an approximate area of 165 hectares, more or less. All
points referred to are indicated on the plan and
are marked on the ground by trees; bearings true.

“A parcel of land (the Proposed Resettlement by
the National Power Corporation for Displaced Families), situated in the sitios of Nabanganan, Bugnay and Ayangan, barrio of
Lamut, Municipal District of Kiangan, sub-province
of Ifugao, Mountain Province. Bounded on the N. and
NE. by public forest; on the E., SE. and S., by proposed
timberland; on the W., by proposed timberland and
project I, block III; and on the NW., by Payawan Creek, public forest and
Masapsaplac Creek. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan, being N. 50° E.,
720.00 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, barrio of Lamut, municipal District of Kiangan, sub-province of Ifugao, Mountain Province, thence
following Payawan Creek upstream in a northeasterly direction about 450.00
meters to point 2; thence following Payawan Creek upstream in a northeasterly
direction about 480.00 meters to point 3; thence N. 37° E., 280.00 meters to
point 4; thence N. 25° E., 390.00 meters to point 5; thence N. 13° E., 220.00
meters to point 6; thence following the Masapsaplac Creek upstream in a
northeasterly direction about 450.00 meters to point 7; thence following the
Masapsaplac Creek upstream in a northeasterly direction about 600.00 meters to
point 8; thence following the Masapsaplac Creek upstream in a northeasterly
direction about 700.00 meters to point 9; thence N. 79° E., 440.00 meters to point
10; thence S. 24° E., 310.00 meters to point 11; thence following the
Bugnay-Pangca trail in a southeasterly direction about 520.00 meters to point
12; thence S. 76° E., 220.00 meters to point 13; thence S. 19° E., 360.00
meters to point 14; thence S. 30° W., 300.00 meters to point 15; thence S. 21°
W., 200.00 meters to point 16; thence S. 8° W., 340.00 meters to point 17;
thence S. 25° W., 330.00 meters to point 18; thence S. 77° W., 260.00 meters to
point 19; thence S. 45° W., 240.00 meters to point 20; thence S. 52° W., 330.00
meters to point 21; thence S. 58° W., 340.00 meters to point 22; thence
following a foot trail in a southwesterly direction about 300.00 meters to
point 23; thence N. 80° W., 160.00 meters to point 24; thence following Hadongol
Creek upstream, in a northwesterly direction about 280.00 meters to point 25;
thence following Banit Creek downstream in a westerly direction about 600.00
meters to point 26; thence S. 37° W., 250.00 meters to point 27; thence
following Banit Creek downstream in a southwesterly direction about 550.00
meters to point 28; thence following^– Banit
Creek downstream in a southwesterly direction about 500.00 meters to point 29;
thence following Banit Creek upstream in a northwesterly direction about 200.00
meters to point 80; thence following Bagabag-Kiangan road in a northwesterly
direction about 300.00 meters to point 31; thence following Bagabag-Kiangan
road in a northwesterly direction about 800.00 meters to point 82; thence
following Bagabag-Kiangan road in a northeasterly direction about 700.00 meters
to the point of beginning containing an approximate area of 654 hectares, more
or less. All points referred to are indicated on
the plan and are marked on the ground by trees; bearings true.”

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 9th day of May,
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