RESERVING FOR SCHOOL SITE PURPOSES A CERTAIN PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MANDAUE, PROVINCE OF CEBU, ISLAND OF CEBU

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, do hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for school
site purposes under the administration of the Director of Public Schools,
subject to private rights, if any there be, a certain parcel of the public
domain situated in the municipality of Mandaue, province of Cebu, Island of
Cebu, and more particularly described, to wit:

“MR-1068 (The Municipal Government
of Mandaue)

“A parcel of land (as shown on plan Mr-1068,
G.L.R.O. Record No. ?????), situated in the Poblacion, municipality of Mandaue,
province of Cebu. Bounded on the NE., by properties of Angel Gonzaga, Emiliano Barte, Patricia Mendoza, Beatriz C. Mendoza and Lorenzo
Cabahug, municipal road and properties of Marcelina F. Avancena and the Municipal Government of Mandaue
(school site) and Plaridel Street; on the SE., and SW., by public land; and on
the NW., by Mandaue Causeway and property of Marcelina F. Avancena. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan,
being S. 43° 03′ E., 309.08 from B.L.L.M. 1, Municipality of Mandaue, Cebu,
thence S. 33° 46′ “W., 149.83 meters to point 2; thence N. 69° 06′ W., 267.39
meters to point 3; thence N. 33° 53′ E., 110.21 meters to point 4; thence N.
66° 38′ E., 156.54 meters to point 5; thence N. 27° 21′ E., 27.58 meters
to point 6; thence S. 70° 43′ E., 18.62 meters to point 7; then S. 63° 05′ E.,
22.22. meters to point 8; thence S. 85° 54′ E.,
69.96 meters to point 9; thence S. 66° 13′ E., 8.85 meters to the point of
beginning; containing an area of 31,150 square meters, more or less. All points
referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows:
points 3 and 4, by spikes on crosses on concrete pavement; point 6, by old P.
L. S. concrete monument and points 7 and 8, by
wooden posts; and the rest, by B. L. concrete
monuments; bearings true; declination 1° 02′ E.,
date of survey, November 22-24, 1954 and that of the approval, January 28,
1955.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

The public order in the City of Bacolod so requiring, I hereby order the Provincial Commander of
the Philippine Constabulary of Negros Occidental, or his duly authorized
representatives, to seize any stock of palay,
rice, corn, building or construction materials, and articles of prime
necessities of life specified in the last accompanying this proclamation when
they are concealed or hoarded for purposes of speculation or profiteering by
any owner or dealer thereof in excess of his reasonable needs for business or
for subsistence.

The articles so seized shall be delivered to the
representatives of the Price Stabilization Corporation (PRISCO) in the City of
Bacolod, to be sold and disposed of to the public in accordance with law and
the proceeds of the sale at legal price shall be reimbursed to the respective
owners thereof.

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
April, 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