An Act Creating the Municipality of Motiong, Province of Samar
Year:
1948
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 16, 1948
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This act establishes the municipality of Motiong in the Province of Samar by separating several barrios from the municipality of Wright. It also provides for the appointment of municipal officials until their successors are elected.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 290
An Act Creating the Municipality of Motiong, Province of Samar
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. The barrios of Motiong, Bayog, Uyandic, Calantawan, Sinampigan, Calape, Bonga, Hinicaan, Caluyahan, Malolobog, and Maypangi, together with the sitios comprised in their jurisdiction, are separated from the municipality of Wright, Province of Samar, and constituted into a new and separate municipality to be known as the municipality of Motiong, Province of Samar.
Section 2. The municipal mayor, vice mayor and councilors of the new municipality shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines to hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.
Section 3. The municipality herein established shall begin to exist on the date fixed in a proclamation to that effect by the President of the Philippines and upon the appointment and qualification of its members.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 16, 1948.
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