Reserving for Settlement Purposes Certain Parcels of Land of the Public Domain Situated in the Province of Lanao Del Norte

September 11, 1975

PROCLAMATION NO. 1495-A

RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF KAROMATAN AND NUNUNGAN, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM

WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the State to provide a more vigorous and systematic land resettlement program and public land distribution in order to create a truly social and viable economic structure in agriculture;

WHEREAS, it is the duty of Government to uplift the economic well-being of our people, especially the less fortunate farmers who do not own their farm or who do not own sufficient land;

WHEREAS, there are Muslim farmers in Lanao del Norte who were forced to abandon their homes and landholdings by reason of the subversive activities of some misguided elements of our society, as well as Muslim landless families who are victims of land grabbing by scrupulous individuals both Muslims and Christians;

WHEREAS, it is the policy and responsibility of the government to rehabilitate the lives of these unfortunate Muslims by providing them with lands and technical guidance in order to make them independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens of our country;

WHEREAS, a big tract of fertile agricultural public land, classified and unclassified, located in the municipalities of Karomatan and Nunungan, Province of Lanao del Norte, consisting of 19,674 hectares, was found suitable for settlement purposes by the Bureau of Forest Development and the Department of Agrarian Reform;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon recommendation of the Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Natural Resources, do hereby reserve for settlement purposes under the administration and disposition of the Department of Agrarian Reform, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the future classification and survey, certain parcels of land more particularly described as follows:

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF KAROMATAN-NUNUNGAN SETTLEMENT RESERVATION

A parcel of public land, proposed Karomatan-Nunungan Settlement Reservation, situated in the Municipalities of Karomatan-Nunungan, province of Lanao del Norte; Bounded on the southwest along line from point 1-5, Municipality of Karomatan and on the west and north along points 5-8, Municipality of Sapad and on the north along points from 8-10, Municipality of Nunungan; and on the east and south along points 10-15 and 1, province of Lanao del Sur, to the point of beginning; N. 52 deg. 00' E; 3,700 meters from the junction of the National Highway and logging road going to sitio Coloy, Municipality of Nunungan, province of Lanao del Norte;

thence S. 83 deg. 00' W;	600 m. to point "2";
thence N. 34 deg. 00' W;	2,800 m. to point "3";
thence N. 5 deg. 00' W;	1,500 m. to point "4";
thence Due west;	1,850 m. to point "5";
thence Due north;	5,800 m. to point "6";
thence N. 86 deg. 00' E;	4,100 m. to point "7";
thence N. 86 deg. 00' E;	4,350 m. to point "8";
thence S. 68 deg. 00' E;	3,750 m. to point "9";
thence N. 84 deg. 00' E;	5,450 m. to point "10";
thence S. 4 deg. 00' W;	10,000 m. to point "11";
thence N. 89 deg. 00' W;	4,100 m. to point "12";
thence N. 89 deg. 00' W;	600 m. to point "13";
thence N. 89 deg. 00' W;	9,450 m. to point "14";
thence S. 1 deg. 00' E;	500 m. to point "15";
thence S. 83 deg. 00' E;	490 m. to point of

beginning; containing an area of NINETEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR (19,674) HECTARES, more or less. Date of boundary survey, January 15 to February 10, 1974 and marked on the ground X on tree 80 centimeters in diameter.

In order to facilitate the development of the area subject of this proclamation, the Department of Agrarian Reform is hereby allowed to cut the available timber in the area for its use in the development of the settlement, subject to forestry rules and regulations governing the matter.

The Secretary of Agrarian Reform is hereby authorized to issue patents to settlers who have complied with the requirements of the law pursuant to provisions of Section 51, sub-paragraph 9 of Republic Act 3844 as amended by Republic Act No. 6389. SDITAC

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Five.