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Republic Act No. 9014 "Charter of the City of Escalante." (Part 1)

AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ESCALANTE, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF ESCALANTE


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:


ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS


Section 1. Title.- This Act shall be known as the "Charter of the City of Escalante."


Section 2. The City of Escalante. - The Municipality of Escalante shall be converted into a component city to be known as the City of Escalante, hereinafter referred to as the City, which shall comprise the present territory of the Municipality of Escalante, Province of Negros Occidental. The territorial jurisdiction of the City shall be within the present metes and bounds of the Municipality of Escalante, as follows:


Bounded on the North-West along lines 1 to 7 by the Municipality of Sagay; on the East along lines 7 to 110 by the Tanon Strait; on the South along lines 110 to 111 by Salamanca River adjoining the Municipality of Toboso; along lines 111 to 118 by the Municipality of Toboso; on the North-West along lines 118 to 120 to the point of beginning by the Municipality of Sagay.


Beginning at a point marked "1" on plan being S.81- 47W., 15078. 34 m. from BLLM No.1 of Cad-128, Escalante Cadastre; thence

LINE

BEARING

DISTANCE

1-2

N44 51E

3,641.21 M.

2-3

N44 54E

2,553.70 M.

3-4

N44 52E

904.29 M.

4-5

N71 26E

2,618.88 M.

5-6

N71 30E

4,051.88 M.

6-7

N71 30E

130.01 M.

7-8

S02 02W

115.78 M.

8-9

S02 07W

118.764 M.

9-10

S21 33W

134.02 M.

10-11

S49 20W

275.26 M.

11-12

S16 42W

407.06 M.

12-13

S41 15E

175.76 M.

13-14

S24 30E

236.11 M.

14-15

S07 22W

547.37 M.

15-16

S56 31E

113.22 M.

16-17

S01 27E

265.38 M.

17-18

S56 40W

126.07 M.

18-19

S47 56E

552.27 M.

19-20

S32 21E

710.21 M.

20-21

S65 06E

693.95 M.

21-22

S04 01W

373.43 M.

22-23

S12 23W

422.63 M.

23-24

S32 33W

255.25 M.

24-25

S13 05W

220.77 M.

25-26

S06 31W

292.51 M.

26-27

S54 40E

376.19 M.

27-28

S75 10E

301.72 M.

28-29

S75 14E

340.64 M.

29-30

N62 41E

233.09 M.

30-31

N77 05E

341.28 M.

31-32

N72 48E

79.54 M.

32-33

N61 22E

110.54 M.

33-34

N46 00E

99.99 M.

34-35

N86 56E

117.57 M.

35-36

N42 26E

182.21 M.

36-37

N81 47E

186.45 M.

37-38

S73 00E

286.08 M.

38-39

N86 46E

302.36 M.

39-40

N33 20E

227.43 M.

40-41

N09 28W

212.90 M.

41-42

N36 52E

125.00 M.

42-43

N74 29E

186.82 M.

43-44

N16 42E

208.81 M.

44-45

N70 01E

234.09 M.

45-46

S80 32E

91.24 M.

46-47

S55 11E

140.09 M.

47-48

S13 00E

66.71 M.

48-49

S21 15W

193.13M.

49-50

S10 32E

169.74 M.

50-51

S15 43W

253.44 M.

51-52

S05 04E

596.48 M.

52-53

S22 03E

426.17M.

53-54

S34 05W

330.80 M.

54-55

N87 12W

245.29 M.

55-56

N52 26W

82.01 M.

56-57

S51 46W

210.06 M.

57-58

N84 48W

55.23 M.

58-59

S38 40W

416.20 M.

59-60

S42 15W

148.66 M.

60-61

S14 02W

206.16 M.

61-62

S13 00E

133.42 M.

62-63

S60 31W

321.25 M.

63-64

N84 49W

189.43 M.

64-65

S52 47W

196.77 M.

65-66

S07 49W

223.52 M.

66-67

S86 14E

205.82 M.

67-68

S46 28E

137.93 M.

68-69

S77 07E

179.51 M.

69-70

S47 17E

88.46 M.

70-71

S88 05E

150.08 M.

71-72

N27 24E

152.07 M.

72-73

N80 32E

152.07 M.

73-74

S06 01E

191.05 M.

74-75

S72 39E

83.82 M.

75-76

S35 22E

380.13 M.

76-77

S11 00E

366.74 M.

77-78

S37 45E

392.05 M.

78-79

S16 56E;

240.42 M.

79-80

S15 04W

269.26 M.

80-81

S17 49E

147.05 M.

81-82

N52 42E

132.00 M.

82-83

N84 48E

110.45 M.

83-84

S19 39W

148.66 M.

84-85

S17 56E

357.35 M.

85-86

S40 44W

572.76 M.

86-87

S46 47W

571.07 M.

87-88

S00 17E

415.00 M.

88-89

S22 40W

368.46 M.

89-90

S09 21W

341.85 M.

90-91

S13 06E

261.43 M.

91-92

S42 34W

404.70 M.

92-93

N78 41W

356.93 M.

93-94

S71 34W

158.11M.

94-95

S00 00W

245.00 M.

95-96

S74 13W

239.01 M.

96-97

N38 40W

128.06 M.

97-98

S79 53W

284.43 M.

98-99

S53 08W

250.00 M.

99-100

S22 04W

399.25 M.

100-101

N00 00E

180.00 M.

101-102

S19 32E

657.88 M.

102 -103

S07 17W

236.91 M.

103-104

S36 52W

650.00 M.

104-105

S67 14W

508.21 M.

105 -106

N57 04W

352.61 M.

106 -107

N14 10E

306.29 M.

107-108

S75 38W

310.15 M.

108 -109

N82 34W

345.48 M.

109-110

N05 50E

404.94 M.

110-111

N72 18W

3,881.98 M.

111-112

S52 56W

2,573.93 M.

112-113

S36 48W

836.95 M.

113-114

S00 00W

3,260.27 M.

114-115

S00 00W

3,963.18 M.

115-116

S89 59W

2,596.81 M.

116-117

N89 59W

2,684.77 M.

117-118

S81 49W

1,056.21 M.

118-119

N44 51E

1,983.67 M.

119-120

N44 52E

4,291.69 M.

120-1

N44 52E

4,542.76 M.


containing an area of nineteen thousand two hundred seventy-six hectares (19,276 has.), more or less.


The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to the resolution by the appropriate agency or forum of existing boundary disputes or cases involving questions of territorial jurisdiction between the City of Escalante and the adjoining local government units.


Section 3. Corporate Powers of the City. - The City constitutes a political body corporate and as such is endowed with the attributes of perpetual succession and possessed of the powers which pertains to a municipal corporation to be exercised in conformity with the provision of this Charter. The City shall have the following corporate powers:


(a)To have a continuous succession in its corporate name;


(b)To sue and be sued;


(c)To have and use a corporate seal;


(d)To acquire, hold and convey real or personal property;


(e)To enter into any contracts and/or agreements; and


(f)To exercise such other powers, prerogatives or authority subject to the limitations provided in this Act or laws.


Section 4. General Powers. - The City shall have a common seal and may alter the same at pleasure. It shall exercise the powers to levy taxes; to close and open roads, streets, alleys, parks or squares; to take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey and dispose of real and personal property for the general interests of the City; to expropriate or condemn private property for public use; to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued; to prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution suits wherein the City is involved or interested in and to exercise all the powers as are granted to corporations or as hereinafter granted.


Section 5. Liability for Damages. - The City and its officials shall not be exempt from liability for death or injury to persons or damage to property.


Section 6. Jurisdiction of the City. - The jurisdiction of the City of Escalante, for police purposes only, shall be coextensive with its territorial jurisdiction and for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the purity of the water supply of the City, such police jurisdiction shall also extend over all the territory within the drainage area of such water supply, or within one hundred meters (100 m.) of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used in connection with the city water service.


The regional trial courts and the city courts of the City of Escalante shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the regional trial courts and the metropolitan trial courts or city or municipal trial courts of the adjoining municipalities to try crimes and misdemeanor committed within the said drainage area, or within said space of one hundred meters (100 m.). The court first taking jurisdiction of such offense shall thereafter retain exclusive jurisdiction thereof. But any license that may be issued within said zone, area or spaces shall be granted by the proper authorities of the city or municipality concerned, and the fees arising therefrom shall accrue to the treasury of the said city or municipality.


ARTICLE II

CITY OFFICIALS IN GENERAL


Section 7. The Officials of the City of Escalante. -


(a)There shall be in the City: a city mayor, a city vice mayor, sangguniang panlungsod members, a secretary to the sangguniang panlungsod, a city treasurer and an assistant city treasurer, a city assessor and an assistant city assessor, a city accountant, a city budget officer, a city planning and development coordinator, a city engineer, a city health officer, a city civil registrar, a city administrator, a city legal officer, a city social welfare and development officer, a city veterinarian, a city general services officer, a city agriculturist, a city cooperatives officer, and an environment and natural resources officer;


(b)In addition thereto, the city mayor may appoint a city architect, a city information officer, and a city population officer;


(c)The City shall establish a city fire station to be headed by a city fire marshal, a city jail to be headed by a city jail warden, a city school division to be headed by a city school division superintendent, and a city prosecution service to be headed by a city prosecutor; and


(d)The City may:


(1)Maintain existing offices not mentioned in subsections (a) and (b) hereof;


(2)Create such other offices as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the city government; or


(3)Consolidate the functions of any office with those of another in the interest of efficiency and economy.


Unless otherwise provided herein, heads of departments and offices shall be appointed by the city mayor with the concurrence of the majority of all the sangguniang panlungsod members, subject to civil service law, rules and regulations. The sangguniang panlungsod shall act on the appointment within fifteen (15) days from the day of its submission, otherwise the same shall be deemed confirmed.

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