H. No. 1775 / 44 OG No. 12, 4714 (December, 1948)
On the North by latitude 8° 20' 00", adjoining the municipalities of Katipunan, Dipolog and Dapitan; on the East by the Misamis Occidental-Zamboanga boundary; on the South by latitude 8° 0' 00", adjoining the municipalities of Aurora, Pagadian, Margosatubig; on the West by longitude 123° 10' 00", adjoining the municipalities of Sindangan, Labason and Kabasalan. The area of the municipality of Molave is approximately nine hundred square kilometers.SEC. 3. Upon the approval of this Act, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the President of the Philippines shall appoint the elective officials of the new municipality who shall hold office until their successors shall have been duly elected in the general elections next following the approval of this Act and have qualified.