DEFINING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL AND BULACAN, PARTICULARLY IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF OBANDO, BULACAN AND NAVOTAS, RIZAL

WHEREAS, since time immemorial the provincial boundary
between the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan, particularly in the
municipalities of Navotas, Rizal and Obando, Bulacan, has never been
defined;

WHEREAS, a Committee was created under Memorandum the
above-named places be defined in the interest of the people living
therein;

WHEREAS, a Committee was created under Memorandum Order No.
446, dated July 19, 1974, which conducted several conferences among the
local officials involved for the purpose of arriving at a definite
boundary line between the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan;

WHEREAS, the municipal mayors of Obando, Bulacan and
Navotas, Rizal, have agreed to the line drawn by the Committee to be the
boundary between the two municipalities, which line shall likewise be
the provincial boundary between the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan in
that particular area; and

WHEREAS, the Bureau of Lands had undertaken the survey of
the boundary line under Plan SWO-41726 from August 1 to 31, 1974, which
survey plan was approved by the Committee created under Memorandum Order
No. 446.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution,
do hereby order and decree that the boundary line between the provinces
of Rizal and Bulacan, particularly in the municipalities of Navotas,
Rizal and Obando, Bulacan, is described as follows:

“Beginning at a point which is the junction of the Binuwangan
River and the Sapang Tukol creek, both bodies of water are navigable,
towards a southwesternly general direct on to Manila Bay up to the end
of Sapang Tukol, thence to a point S 03°-03’W, 1.50 meters marked as PBM
No. 16 (Provincial Boundary Monument) for Bulacan Province, which is
identical to PBM No. 52 for Rizal Province, with latitude 14°-42′-20″
025 N and longitude 120°-54′-36″ 598 E. thence S 56°-43’W, 417.16 meters
to a point marked as PBM No. 17 for Bulacan Province, also identical to
PBM No. 51 for Rizal Province, with latitude 14°-42′-11″ 608 N and
longitude 120°-54′-23″ .434 E. thence S 56°-44′ W, 119.00 meters, to a
point on the shoreline of Manila Bay.” (Per Plan SWO-41726, approved by
the Director of Lands on Dec. 12, 1974.)

This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of January, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.