Executive Order No. 51 (1907)
EXECUTIVE BUREAU.
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In view of the representation of the Honorable Alberto Barretto, Delegate to the Philippine Assembly from the Province of Zambales, to the effect that, owing to the great distance and impassable condition of certain rivers, it is impossible for many months of each year for the inhabitants of the present barrio of Cabangan, municipality of Botolan, to go to the seat of the municipal government, and pursuant to the provisions of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and forty-eight, entitled “An Act authorizing the adjustment of provincial and municipal boundaries and authorizing the change of capitals of provinces and subprovinces, as may be necessary from time to time to serve the public convenience and interest,” the eight municipalities of the Province of Zambales as established by Acts Numbered Nine hundred and forty-five and One thousand and four, as amended, are hereby increased to nine by separating the former municipality of Cabangan from the present municipality of Botolan. The municipality of Botolan shall consist of the territory which is comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-five, and the municipality of Cabangan is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory which it comprised prior the passage of said Act. The separation herein made shall be effective on January first, nineteen hundred and eight.