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Pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code and section three of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred and thirty-eight, the boundary limits of the territory of the City of Tagaytay are hereby established and defined as follows:

Beginning at a point marked “1” on the plan being N. 74°47' E., 699.46 m. from B.L.L.M. No. 1 of Alfonso Crossing,

Thence N. 17°50' W., 2,598.35 m. to point 2;
Thence N. 70°56' E., 16,332.00 m. to point 3;
Thence S. 51°18' E., 2,942.47 m. to point 4;
Thence S. 61°10' W., 8,368.40 m. to point 5;
Thence S. 6°45' E., 2,576.94 m. to point 6;
Thence along the shore of Taal Lake to point 11;
Thence N. 18°14' W., 1,758.28 m. to point 12;
Thence S. 78°40' W., 4,611.64 m. to point 13;
Thence N. 37°07' W., 1,478.00 m. to point 1;

the point of beginning; containing an area of 7,493.5 Hectares, more or less. Bearings true.

For the purpose of computation, the points along the shore of Taal Lake from point 6 to point 11, have been taken as follows:

From point 6;
Thence N. 77°46' W., 613.94 m. to point 7;
Thence S. 76°44' W., 1,438.40 m. to point 8;
Thence S. 11°50' W., 660.41 m. to point 9;
Thence S. 44°10' W., 1,205.89 m. to point 10;
Thence S. 67°51' W., 1,047.30 m. to point 11;

For the purpose of Act Numbered Four thousand and three, known as the Fisheries Act; as amended, and for police purposes, the territorial limits of the City of Tagaytay shall also extend over the waters of the Taal Lake included between two lines perpendicular to the general coastline from the points where the boundary lines of the City touch the lake at low tide, and a third line parallel with the general coastline and distant from it three kilometers.

The Municipality of Talisay, Province of Batangas, and the Municipality of Alfonso, Province of Cavite, which are affected by this Order, shall consist of their present territories less the portions of territory comprised within the new boundary limits of the City of Tagaytay as herein described.

The changes herein made shall take effect on April 1, 1941.

Done in the City of Baguio this 1st day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the sixth.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President