PROCLAMATION NO. 257 (1), February 16, 1956

EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 798 DATED APRIL 29, 1935, A PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SILAY AND TALISAY, PROVINCE OF NEGROS …

Presidential Proclamations February 16, 1956
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Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of
Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of Section
1826 of the Revised Administrative Code and Section 83 of Commonwealth Act No.
141, as amended, I hereby exclude from the operation of Proclamation No. 798
dated April 29, 1935, a parcel of the land embraced therein situated in the
municipalities of Silay and Talisay, Province of Negros Occidental, and reserve
the same as the Tuberculosis Rest Settlement Reservation under the
administration of the Secretary of Health, subject to private rights, if any
there be, and final survey, and that the utilization and removal or disposal of
the timber and other forest products therein shall be made in accordance with
the Forest or Internal Revenue Laws or Regulations, which parcel of land is
shown in the Bureau of Forestry Map CR-32, and technically described, to wit:

Beginning from Corner 1, a Miscellaneous sp. tree
30 cm. in diameter which is S 45º E., and about 1,800 meters from Barrio San
Juan, Silay, Negros Occidental; thence S. 75° E., 370 meters to Corner 2, a
White Lauan tree 30 cm. in diameter; thence S 45° E., 450 meters to Corner 3, A
bignay tree 20 cm. in diameter; thence S 31° E., 290 meters to Corner 4, a
Guisok tree 30 cm. in diameter; thence Due East, 220 meters to Corner 5, a
White Lauan tree 30 cm. in diameter; thence N 39° E., 180 meters to Corner 6, a
Lanete 20 cm. in diameter; thence N 43° E., 370 meters to Corner 7, a Tangili
tree 30 cm. in diameter; thence N 21° E., 270 meters to Corner 8, an Almon tree
25 cm. in diameter; thence following a creek downstream in a northeasterly
direction about 130 meters to Corner 9, a White Lauan tree 30 cm. in diameter,
on the south bank of dry creek; thence following creek downstream in a
southeasterly direction about 80 meters to Corner 10, a point at the junction
of the creek and Coyong Creek; thence following Coyong Creek upstream in a
southeasterly direction about 560 meters to Corner 11, a White Lauan tree 20
cm. in diameter, on the west bank of Coyong Creek; thence following Coyong
Creek upstream in a southerly direction about 300 meters to Corner 12, a
Waterfall tree 25 cm. in diameter at the junction of the creek; thence
following the Coyong Creek upstream in a southerly and southwesterly direction
about 520 meters to Corner 13, a Loctob tree 50 cm. in diameter; thence
following Coyong Creek upstream in a southerly direction about 480 meters to
Corner 14, a Waterfall tree 20 cm. in diameter at the junction with a creek;
thence following Coyong Creek upstream in a southerly direction about 420
meters to Corner 15, a Loctob tree 15 cm. in diameter on west bank of
Dumalabdab Creek; thence S 71° W., 100 meters to Corner 16, a Canarium sp. 40
cm. in diameter; thence S 75° W., 150 meters to Corner 17, a Canarium 50 cm. in
diameter, at the junction of two trails; thence S 67° W., 140 meters to Corner
18, a Red Lauan tree 15 cm. in diameter, at the junction of Malisbog River and
a creek; thence following Malisbog River downstream in a northwesterly
direction about 1,120.0 meters to Corner 19, a Eugenio sp. 15 cm. in diameter,
at the junction of Malisbog River and Pulang-tubig Creek; thence following
Malisbog River downstream in a northwesterly direction about 780 meters to Corner
20, a Hui tree 20 cm. in diameter, on east bank of Malisbog, River; thence
following Malisbog River downstream in a Northwesterly direction about 820
meters to Corner 21, a Hui tree 15 cm. in diameter, at the junction of Kaimo
Creek and Malisbog River; thence N 21° E., 250 meters to Corner 1, point of
beginning, Containing an area of 201 hectares.

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 16th day of
February, 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