Executive Order No. 97 Series of 1912 Reserving Land in Botong, Taal for School Purposes
“THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
EXECUTIVE BUREAU.BAGUIO, December 18, 1912.
EXECUTIVE ORDER,
No. 97.Pursuant to the provisions of Act Numbered Six hundred and forty-eight, Philippine Commission, entitled “An Act authorizing the Governor General to reserve for civil public purposes, and from sale or settlement, any part of the public domain not appropriate by law for special public purposes, until otherwise directed by law, and extending the provisions of Act Numbered six hundred and twenty-seven, so that public lands desired to be reserved by the Insular Government for public uses, or private lands deserved to be purchased by the Insular Government for such uses, may be brought under the operation of the Land Registration Act,” I hereby reserve for school purposes and withdraw from sale or settlement the following described parcel of public domain in the barrio of Botong, municipality of Taal, Province of Batangas, Island of Luzon, to wit:
Beginning at point marked 1 on plan, S. 30° 51’ W. 1564.8 m. from B. L. L. M. No. 1, Taal, thence N. 8° 29’ W. 160.8 m to point 2; N. 18° 32’ E. 137.7 m. to point 3; N. 12° 53’ E 135.8 m. to point 4; N. 7° 27’ E. 161.2 m. to point 5; N. 43° 11’ E. 20.0 m. to point 6; S. 81° 01’ W. 69.1 m. to point 7; S. 52° 14’ W. 33.1 m. to point 8; S. 17° 07’ W. 37.0 m to point 9; S. 19° 32’ W. 189.4 m. to point 10; S. 12° 41’ W. 73.8 m to point 11; S. 30° 32’ W. 189.4 m. to point 12; S. 63° 58’ W. 102.3 m. to point 13; S. 8° 24’ E. 128.7 m. to point 14; S. 27° 12. E. 159.7 m. to point 15; N. 66° 54’ E. 132 m. to point 1, point of beginning.
Containing 79,688 square meters.
Points 1, 2 and 5, concrete monuments; points 3, 4 and 15, stakes; point 3, on bank of stream; point 6, on bank of Maugat River.
Bounded on the north by Maugat River; on the east by Road San Luis-Taal; on south by property of Insular Government; on west by Balayan Bay and Pansipit River.
Bearings true. Declination, 1° 0’ E.
Points referred to marked on plan II-5257.
Surveyed, August 2, 2011. Approved, October 10, 1911.
Sgd.:
NEWTON W. GILBERT;
Acting Governor-General.”