An Act Creating a Government Reservation at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet
Act No. 636, enacted on February 11, 1903, establishes a government reservation in Baguio, Benguet, to support future urban planning and military needs. It designates a circular area with a one-kilometer radius from a specific point and additional strips of land along a government road as reserved for government purposes, exempting private lands with lawful titles. The governor of Benguet is tasked with preventing settlement on these public lands until they are made available for sale and settlement through future legislation. The act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for public benefit, taking effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 636
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 11, 1903
ACT NO. 636
AN ACT CREATING A GOVERNMENT RESERVATION AT BAGUIO, IN THE PROVINCE OF BENGUET
SECTION 1. Pending the plotting of a town site at Baguio and the setting aside of a tract of land as a military reservation, the following described tract of land shall be reserved for Government purposes, exempt from settlement and claim: That parcel or tract of land in the form of a circle with its center in the house occupied by Mateo Cariño at Baguio, and with a radius of one kilometer; and also a strip of land one and one-half kilometers wide on the easterly side, and one kilometer wide on the westerly side of the Government road as now located, beginning at a point on the Government road due east of the civil sanitarium, and extending southeasterly along said road for a distance of four kilometers: Provided, That nothing in this section shall apply to private lands held under lawful title within the above-described area.
SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the governor of the Province of Benguet to prevent any person from settling on public lands within the area described in section one of this Act until the same shall be opened up to sale and settlement by subsequent legislation.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 11, 1903.
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An Act Creating a Government Reservation at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, Act No. 636, Feb 11, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Creating a Government Reservation at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, Act No. 636 (Phil. 1903)
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