Batas Pambansa Blg. 336, enacted on February 9, 1983, establishes the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental by separating specific barangays from the municipalities of Murcia, Calatrava, and the City of San Carlos. The new municipality encompasses an area of approximately 17,056 hectares, with its seat of government located in Barangay Igmaya-an. A plebiscite is required for ratification, to be conducted within 120 days of the Act's approval, with the Commission on Elections overseeing the process and expenses covered by local funds. Following successful ratification, the President will appoint the initial municipal officials.
February 9, 1983
BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 336
AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SALVADOR BENEDICTO IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
SECTION 1. Barangay Pandanon and Barangay Igmayaan in the Municipality of Murcia and portions of Barangay Lalong and Barangay Marcelo in the Municipality of Calatrava, all in the Province of Negros Occidental, and Barangay Bunga and Barangay Kumaliskis and a portion of Barangay Prosperidad, all in the City of San Carlos, are separated from their respective municipalities and city and constituted into a distinct and independent municipality in the Province of Negros Occidental to be known as the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto.
SECTION 2. The boundaries of the new municipality shall be as follows:
"Beginning from corner No. 1, being a point at the junction of Bago River and Pandanon River; thence following Pandanon River upstream in a northeasterly direction about 4,550 meters to corner No. 2, being a point at the junction of Pandanon River and a creek; thence N 68ยบ 30' E about 1,505 meters to corner No. 3, being a point at peak of Mt. Mandalagan; thence S 87 40' E about 3,020 meters to corner No. 4, being a point on top of a ridge; thence S 60ยบ 25' E about 1,800 meters to corner No. 5, being a point on side of the former ILCO logging road; thence S 3ยบ 30' W about 1,445 meters to corner No. 6, being a point on top of a mountain ridge; thence S 53ยบ 00' W about 2,930 meters, being a point at the junction of Bago River and Pinawayan Creek; thence following Bago River downstream in a south and north-westerly direction about 7,180 meters to corner No. 1, a point in the beginning, whose tie line is identical to corner No. 1, a point at the junction of Bago River and Pandanon River, containing an area of seventeen thousand fifty-six (17,056.0) hectares, more or less."
SECTION 3. The seat of government of the new municipality shall be the present Barangay Igmaya-an. acd
SECTION 4. After ratification by the majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite to be conducted in the areas affected within a period of one hundred and twenty days from the approval of this Act, the President of the Philippines shall appoint the first mayor, vice mayor and other elective officials of the municipality.
SECTION 5. The Commission on Elections shall conduct and supervise the plebiscite herein provided. The expense for such plebiscite shall be charged to local funds.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. acd
Approved: February 9, 1983 (P.B. No. 2793)
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 79 No. 52 Page 7542 on December 26, 1983.