PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 340, November 22, 1973
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF DATU PAGLAS IN THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO
virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. The barrios of Malala, Katil, Alip, Damawato,
Manindolo, Puya and Sepaka in the Municipality of Columbio, Province of
Sultan Kudarat, are hereby separated from said municipality, and
constituted into a distinct and independent municipality to be known as
the Municipality of Datu Paglas, in the Province of Maguindanao. The
seat of government of the new municipality shall be in the present site
of the barrio of Alip.
SEC. 2. The President shall appoint the mayor, vice-mayor
and councilors of the Municipality of Datu Paglas who shall hold office
until their successors shall have been elected in the next general
elections for local officials and shall have qualified.
SEC. 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of November, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
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(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
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President
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Republic of the Philippines
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| (Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES | ||
| Assistant Executive Secretary | ||