EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 217, DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1929, AND PROCLAMATION NO. 150, DATED APRIL 17, 1937, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN …

WHEREAS, a petition has been filed for the
release of certain parcel of land from the Central Cordillera Forest Reserve
and the Southern Ilocos Norte Forest Reserve established under Proclamation
Nos. 217 and 150, series of 1929 and 1937, respectively;

WHEREAS, the findings of the Director of Mines
show that the area sought to be released from the Central Cordillera Forest
Reserve and the Southern Ilocos Norte Forest Reserve appears to be highly
mineralized; and

WHEREAS, under the provisions of section 14 of
Commonwealth Act No. 137, as amended, otherwise known as the Mining Act, lands
within reservations for purposes other than mining, which, after such reservation
is made, are found to be more valuable for their mineral contents than for the
purposes for which the reservation was made may be withdrawn from such
reservation by the President only with the concurrence of the Congress of the
Philippines.

NOW, THEREFORE, upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the provisions
of section 14 of Commonwealth Act No. 137, as amended, otherwise known as the
Mining Act, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, do hereby
exclude from the operation of Proclamation Nos. 217 and 150, series of 1929 and
1937, respectively, the following described parcel of land situated in the
sitios of Alimanos, Tubeg, Tukak, and Daani, barrio of Cabittauran,
municipality of Nueva Era, province of Ilocos Norte, and declare the area
embraced thereunder open to disposition under the provisions of the Mining Act,
which area is more particularly described as follows, to wit:

A parcel of land, portion of the Southern Ilocos
Norte Forest Reserve, (F.R.-71), and Central Cordillera Forest Reserve
(F.R.-20), situated in barrio of Cabittauran, Municipality of Nueva Era,
Province of Ilocos Norte, Island of Luzon, generally bounded on the north by
Southern Ilocos Norte-Central Cordillera Forest Reserve, on the East, by the
remaining portion of Central Cordillera Forest Reserve, on the south by the
Central Cordillera-Southern Ilocos Norte Forest Reserves and on the west, by
the remaining portion of Southern Ilocos Norte Forest Reserves, and more
technically described as follows: Beginning at a point marked 1 on the attached
Plan, being S. 43° 55′ E., 7870.67 meters from BLLM-1 Banna, Ilocos Norte,
thence East 3000.00 meters to point 2; thence South 1800.00 meters to point 3;
thence West 3000.00 meters to point 4; thence North 1800.00 meters to point 1
which is the point of beginning; containing approximately 540.0000 hectares.

The cuttings, removal, and utilization of timber
and other forest products therefrom shall be in accordance with existing Forest
and Internal Revenue Laws and Regulations: Provided, That whatever
improvements introduced on the said area by the Nueva Era Reforestation Project
may be destroyed by the lessee in the process of extracting the minerals
therefrom shall be duly appraised, the value of which shall be reimbursed by
said lessee: Provided, further, That at any time the said area shall not be
utilized for mining purposes, the same shall revert as part of the Central
Cordillera Forest Reserve and the Southern Ilocos Norte Reserve.

This Proclamation shall take effect only upon the
concurrence of the Congress of the Philippines.

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 21st day of May,
in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
SALVADOR L. MARIÑO
Executive Secretary

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