H. NO. 4605 / 59 OG No. 52, 8916 (December 30, 1963)
"SECTION 1. There is hereby established in Marawi City, a university which shall be known as the Mindanao State University, the same being organized as a corporation under that name."
"SEC. 16. The present site of the university which has been reserved for its use by Proclamation Numbered eight hundred and six issued by the President of the Republic of the Philippines, covering one thousand hectares, more or less, located in the City of Marawi, Island of Mindanao, is hereby granted to the said university after its survey shall have been approved by the Director of the Bureau of Lands."