ANACTT~1

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Part of Diario de Sesiones de la Legislatura Filipina

Title: ANACTT~1
Language: Spanish
Year: 1926
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Fulltext: 1950 DIARIO DE SESIONES El PRESIDENTE. Los que estén en contra, digan no. (Silencio.) Aprobado. Está en orden el Proyecto de Ley No. 1650 de la Cámara. Léase el proyecto. CREACIÓN DE UN NUEVO MUNICIPIO EN LA P¡tOVINCIA DE CEBÚ El CLERK DE ACTAS, leyendo: BOUSE BILL NO. 1650 [lutrodueed b7 Repreeenta.tive Gullas] This bill is but the reelection and erystalization of the wishes of the inhabitants of Santa Rosa, Kaubian, Pangan-an, Caojagan and Sulpa islands which are :ftung in the middle of the ocean midWay between Cebu and Bohol and far from the mainland of Cebu and the mainland of Mactan. The reasons behind the bill are various. GEOGRAPBICAL. The islands of Santa Rosa, Kaubian, and their tieighboring and sister islands are over ten miles distant from the mainland of Opon. The wide stretch of water that separates said islands from Opon works a terrible hardship on the inhabitants of said islands. During stormy weatber tbeir lot becomes very hard indeed. Tbere is no steamboat or even a launch that periodically ·comes to said islands. Tbe barrios in said islands are almost isolated and out of from the poblaci6n of Opon. ECONOMICAL. The proposed municipality of Lapulapu has a sufficient number of inhabitants and extent of territory and taxable property necessary to constitute an independent municipality. It has an approximate area of 700 bectares. lts population is approximately 6,000. It has a taxable property worth 'P'lll,180. At present, about 'PS,000 are collected from tbe inhabitants of said islands as real property and personal taxes, internal revenue collections from tuba, weights and measures, cockpits, dealers, ftsberies, private markets, and otber municipal licenses. No INSULAR DEBTS. Another good reQson tbat entitles the said islands to form themselves into an independent municipality is that the present municipality of Opon owes notbing to the Insular Government. Tbe only debt it. owes is 'P'4,500 to tbe Province of Cebu. FINANCIAL STANDING OF OPON. Still another strong reason that justiftes the constitution of an independent municipality of those islands is found in the fact that the municipality of Opon has an annual gross \ncome of about ,.30,000 general fund and 'P'l0,000 school fund. The Muncipal Council of Opon indorses the idea behind this bill, by its Resolution No. 30, series 1926, of June 13, 1926. The following is the yearly groas income of the municjpality of Opon from 1911-1925: y..,, 1911 .... . 1912 ......... . 1913 •............................. 1914 ............................. . 1916 ... : ............ . 1916 .... . 1917 1918 1919 • 1920 ----·---·---·--1921 .................... . 1922 ............................. . 1923 ······························ 1924 ............................. . 1926 ··········•··················· General Fund Pl0,536.78 10,326.44 8,560.79 9,269.56 10,404.50 10,409.63 13,774.87 16,621.08 18,204.67 20,021.45 I9,864.12 21,272.61 22,278.80 26,475.24 29,240.28 1 Record not available. School Fund '1"3,052.81 2,780.83 3,164.48 2,664.49 3,072.39 2,366.18 (') (') (') 6,631.43 4,787.63 s,517.47 7,920.18 8,617.62 . 10,374.97 PnESENT FACILITIES. There are two big barrios, Santa Rosa and Tiñgo, any one of which can be the seat or tbe capital of the municipality. They have the necessary men capable of taking over the administration of the affairs of the proposed municipality. MATTER OF JuSTICE. Santa Rosa or Oañgo group of is. ~~:O:easa/º: :::i~ci~~li;1~~til ~;¿~~!\e:n itin;~ef~:: with the municipality of Opon. Cordova· had likewise been a municipality; but like Santa Rosa, was fused with the municipality of Opon. But in 1913, Cordova got back its municipal independence. Santa Rosa did not. , Cordova is right in the mainland, on the islands of Mactan, but a few kilometers from the poblaei6n of Opon. On the other hand, a wide gulf separates Santa Rosa, and tbe adjacent islands from the mainland of Mactan. So Santa Rosa and her sister islands and barrios have better reasons !bebfu~;cd=!~u¿:~~::Otb~Y ib:ií~~~eh!cr~~~~!.1'~!~~u~~i;:r independence. (Sgd.) PAULINO GULLAS Revresentative, Second District, Cebu AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF CEBU FROM FIFTYTWO TO FIFTY-THREE BY SEPARATING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF OPON THE ISLANDS OF SANTA ROSA, KAUBIAN, PANGAN-AN, CAOJAGAN, AND SULPA AND ORGANIZING THEM INTO AN INDEPENDENT MUNICIPALITY TO BE CALLED AS. THE "MUNICIPALITY OF LAPULAPU," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o/ Representatives ':fut~ri'f:ii!1~":s8::n,8~egislature assembled -and by the SECTION l. The number of municipality of the Province of Cebu is hereby increased from ñfty-two to fifty-three by separating from the municipality of Opon, the Islands of Santa Rosa, Kaubian, Pangan-an, Caojagan, and Sulpa together with all the barrios ·in the said islands, which are hereby organized as an independent municipality to be known as the "Municipality of Lapulapu," with a aeat of municipal government in the barrio of Santa Rosa, !stand of ·Santa Rosa. The Municipality of Opon shall consist of its present territory, lesa the teITitory comprised by the Islands of Santa Rosa, Kaubian, Pangan-an, Caojagan, and Sulpa. SEC. 2. Ali tbe ·provisions of the Administrative Code, as amended, which are applicable to the regularly organized municipalities, shall govern the new municipality of Lapulapu. SEC. 3. The funda and obligations as well as the properties that pertain to the municipality of Opon shall be equitably distributed between both municipalities of Opon and Lapulapu in the form and manner recommended by the Insular Auditor and approved by the Governor-General. SEC. 4. The elected municipal officials of the newly or- · ganized municipality of Lapulapu shall be appointed, as soon as this Act shall have been approved, by the GovernorGeneral with the consent of the Philippine Senate upan the ·recommendation of the Provincial Board of Cebu and shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified in accordance with the Election Law. SEc. 6. The organization of the municipality of Lapulapu shall not affect the political organization of the municipality of .Opon, and its present municipal officials shall continue to hold their offices until their successors shall ha.Ye duly qualified. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, El PRESIDENTE. Tiene la palabra el Comité. Sr. GULLAS. Si no hay objeción pido que el proyecto sea aprobado. El PRESIDENTE. ¿Puede votarse el proyecto 7 La CÁMARA. Sí. El PRESIDENTE. Léase el título del proyecto. El CLERK DE ACTAS, leyendo : An Act to increase the number of municipalities .of the Province of Cebu from fifty-two to fifty-three by separating from the municipality of Opon the Islands of Santa Rosa, Kaubian, Pangan-an, Caojagan, and Sulpa and organizing them into an independent municipality to be called as the "Municipality of Lapulapu," and for other pu,rposes. El PRESIDENTE. Los que estén en favor del proyecto. digan sí. La CÁMARA. Sí. LEGISLATURA FILIPINA 1951 El PRESIDENTE. Los _ que estén en contra, digan no. (Silencio.) Aprobado. Léase el Proyecto de Ley No. 626 de la Cámara. CREACIÓN DE UN NUEVO MUNICIPIO EN LA PROVINCIA DE MASBATE El CLERK DE Á.CTAS, leyendo: HOUSE BILL NO. 625 Untrodueed by Repre1entative :Marcaida) BXPLAJil'ATO&Y NOTB It is proposed in the attached bill to create !'º additional municipality in the Province of Masbate. It Wlll be form.ed out of these remote barrios now belonging to the municipality of Milagros and will be called the municipality of Balud. Said barrios are located in isolated regions about thirty kilometers from Milagros. There is no road connecting them with the población. The places lying between these barrios and Milagros are isolated and during rainy season are almost impassable. For these reasons the inhabitants of the barrios are not only deprived of a ready police protection and prompt municipal health service but also are rendered helpless to re~L~rt:at!\ii':h:i~!>t°~fe:~e ~~~ ~~nki;~ii%,ª1ofB:i::1~Í~i not only secure protection to life and property in Balud ªJ?.d nearby barrios but will also open the way toward a raptd development of the regions in the western pa.rt _of Mas~ate. In view of the above reasons the enclosed btll ts subm1tted to the House for approval. (Sgd.) EDUARDO MARCAIDA Representati1Je for Masba.te AN ACT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL MUNICIPALITY IN THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALUD, OUT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MILAGROS. Be it ena.cted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authorit71 of the swme: SECTION l. A new municipality is hereby ereated in the Province of Masbate, to be called the municipality of Balud. The new municipality of Balud shall consist of the present barrios of Balud, Canomoy, Jintotolo, Jangan,. Mandaon, and Pulanduta, which are hereby declared separated from the municipality of Milagros in the same pr~v~nce,. The seat · of municipal government of the new mumc1pahty shall be at Balud. SEC. 2. The provisions of ·the Administrative Code and amendatory "acts thereto, in so far as they are applicable to regularly organized municipality, shall apply to the Government and operation of the municipality of Balud and to the election and appointment of the officers thereof. The municipal election for the new municipality of Balud shall be held at the next general election and, until the oflicials elected for the said municipality shall have qualified, the present organization of the municipality of Milagros shall continúe. SEC. 3. The funds and obligations and the property of the present municipality of Milagros shall, upon the es~blish ment of the new municipality of Balud, be distributed equitably between the two municipalities by the Insular Auditor. SEC. 4. The Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, El PRESIDENTE. Tiene la palabra el Comité. Sr. TORRALBA. Si no hay objeción, pido.que el proyecto sea aprobado. · El PRESIDENTE. ¿Puede votarse el proyecto? La CÁMARA. Sí. El PRESIDENTE. Léase el título del proyecto. El CLERK DE ACTAS, leyendo: An Act creating an additional municiJ:?ality in the Province of Masbate, to be known as the munic1pality of Balud, out of the munieipality of Milagros. El PRESIDENTE. Los que estén en favor del proyecto, digan sí. La CÁMARA. Sí. El PRESIDENTE. Los que estén en contra, digan ·no. (Silencio.) Aprobado. Está en orden el Proyecto de Ley No. 1681 de la Cámara. CREACIÓN DE UN NUEVO MUNICIPIO EN LA PROVINCIA DE SURIGAO El CLERK DE ACTAS, leyendo: BOUSE BILL NO. 1681 ' [Introduced by Repreeent.ative Ortiz) The purpose of the attached bill is to reestablish the former munieipality of Tagana-an whieh has been in existence during the Spanish regime until the year 1906 when its territory was divided between the present municipalities of Surigao and Placer by the annexation of the barrio of San Jose and the sitios of Kabongbongan, Navago and Panalsalan to Surigao, and the barrios of Tagana-an, Talavera, Bamban, and Himamaug to Placer. The interest and welfare of these barrios demand that they be. organized as. in former times into one independent municipality. These barrios are very far from the municipalities of Surigao and Placer and the only means of communication is by sea, which is often times perilous. Due to their distance from either the municipality of Surigao or Placer the said barrios ha.ve neglected and its was rare that the same were given any amount for publie works by the mother municipalities. It is for these reasons that the inhabitants of the above named barrios have always been clamoring for separation from the municipalities of Placer and Surigao and for their organiza¡tion into one independent municipality in order to be able to attend properly to their own aft'airs and interests and 'to do ali the improvements possible within their own territory. The proposed municiPa1ity·of Tagana-an has a population of four thousand peopte and counts with sufficient income :e:~in~l°p:e~:n~uf6eº1!ut:i~i;:ttl;i~!1":~0!~!i~::l b~ird~ with a plaza of one hectare in front, a concrete school building likewise with its corresponding plaza of one hectare, a muniCipal cemetery and a site near the bank of the river especially appropriate for a market, all of which are owned by the barrios of Tagana-an. Approval of this bill is urgently recoinmended. (Sgd.) MONTANO A. ÜRTIZ Representative for Suriga.o AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO FROM SEVENTEEN TO EIGHTEEN, BY SEGREGATJ;NG FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF SURIGAO THE BARRIO OF SAN JOSE AND THE SITIOS OF KABONGBONGAN, NAVAGO, AND PANALSALAN, AND FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLACER, THE BARRIOS OF TAGANA-AN, TALAVERA, BAMBAN, AND HIMAMAUG, AND ORGANIZING THEM INTO AN INDEPENDENT MUNICIPALITY OF TAGANAAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativcs of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same: SECTION l. The seventeen municipalities of the Province of Surigao as has already been estab1ished and organized shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act b.e increased to eighteen by separating the banio of San Jose and the sitios of Kabongbongan, Navago, and Panalsatan from the municipality of Surigao, and the barrios of Tagana:f• i'1~~~~~r~hf~m::~ ~~~~imoa;;::~e1 Jº: t~: ind~i~;~~l~~~ municipality of "Pagana-an," with a seat of municipal government in the barrio of Pagana-an. The municipality of Su