An Act to Create the Municipality of Can-Avid in the Province of Samar
Year:
1948
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 15, 1948
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This Act establishes the municipality of Can-Avid in the Province of Samar by separating several barrios from the municipality of Dolores. It provides for the appointment of officials for the new municipality until regular elections are held.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 264
An Act to Create the Municipality of Can-Avid in the Province of Samar
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. The barrios of Can-avid, Carolina, Barok, Cansangaya, Mabuhay, Camantang, Canilay, Pandol and Balagon are separated from the municipality of Dolores, Province of Samar, and constituted into a new and regular municipality to be known as the municipality of Can-avid in the Province of Samar.
Section 2. The officials of the newly-created municipality shall be appointed by the President, to hold office until their successors have been elected and qualified.
Section 3. The municipality herein created shall begin to exist on the date fixed in a proclamation to said effect by the President of the Philippines and upon the appointment and qualification of its officers.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 15, 1948.
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