Reserving For Cemetery Purposes A Parcel of Land in the Barrio of Peñaplata, Municipality of Samal, Province of Davao, Island of Samal

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Proclamation No. 31

Reservation of Land for Cemetery Purposes
- A parcel of land in the Barrio of Peñaplata, Municipality of Samal, Province of Davao, Island of Samal is withdrawn from sale or settlement and reserved for cemetery purposes. (Section 81 of Act No. 2874, as amended)
- The parcel of land is under the administration of the Director of Health, subject to private rights, if any.
- The parcel of land is particularly described in Bureau of Lands plan Mr-299, with the following details:
    - Beginning point marked 1 on the plan, with coordinates N. 56ْ 02 467.84 m., more or less, from B. L. B. M. No. 1, Barrio of Peñaplata
    - Boundaries: A. 27ْ 25 W. 104.68 m. to point 2; N. 68ْ 23 W. 90.23 m. to point 3; N. 33ْ 34 E. 120.26 m. to point 4; S. 58ْ 17 E. 77.09 m. point 1
    - Area: 9,331 square meters
    - Bounded on the northeast and southeast by property of the municipal government of Samal (II-10151); on the southwest by Gulf of Davao (salvage zone); and on the northwest by property of Fokumatsu Kimura (Japanese).
    - Bearings true, Declination 2ْ 26 E.
    - All corners are old P. L. S./ B. L. concrete monuments, 15 by 15 by 60 cms.
    - Identical with lot No. 3, II-10190, as surveyed for the Roman Catholics Church.
- Signed by President Manuel L. Quezon on January 29, 1936, and Secretary of the Interior Teofilo Sison.