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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