MUNICIPALITIES TO THE PROVINCE OF TAYABAS; ABOLISHING THE PROVINCE OF ROlVlBLON AND ANNEXING ITS SPECIAL MUNICIPALITIES TO THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ_ Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me as Head of the Central Admirustrative Organization by Order No_ 1 in connection with Order No_ 3 of the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Forces in the Philippines, and upon the recommendation of the Executive Commission, it is hereby ordered thatL The province of Batanes is abolished and the municipalities comprising the same as well as the territory thereof shall be annexed to the province of Cagayan, 2, The municipalities of Bal'e r and Casiguran, province of Tayabas, and the territories thereof al'e segregated from said province and shall be a,nnexed to th'e province of Nueva Ecija, 3, The municipality of Infanta, province of Tayabas, and the territory thereof are segregated from said province and shall be annexed to the province of Laguna, 4, The provipce of Marinduque is abolished and the municipalities com_ prising the same as well as the territory thereof shall be annexed to the province of Tayabas, 5, The province of Romblon is abolished and the special municipalities comprising the same a well as the terdto~y thel'eof shall be annexed to the province of Capiz, 6_ The personnel, funds, equipment, materials, ,'ecords, and other properties pertaining to the provinces, municipalities and special municipalities which have been annexed to another province as provided herein shall be transferred to, or merged with the personnel, funds, equipment, materials, records, and properties of the province to which the same have been annexed, to be used for the same prurpose or purposes for which they were originally intended_ The transrer of personnel, funds, equipment, mate,~als, records, and pl'operties herein authorized shall be made by the Auditor General and Director of the Budget 01' his authorized representatives, 7_ The provinces to which municipalities 01' special municipalities have been annexed as provided herein shall assume the obligations, Or proportionate share thereof, as the case may be, of the municipaliti'es or special municipalities annexed and of the corresponding abolished provinces in such manner as the Auditor General and Director of the Budget may recommend a,!d the Chairman of the Executive Commission may approve, 8, The officials and employees of the provinces abolished and of the murucipalities or special municipalities annexed to another province as provided in this Order, whose services may no longer be required, shall be l'etired from the service under such terms and conditions as the Chairman of the Executive Commission, with the advice of the said Commission, may prescribe and the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Forces in the Philippines may approve,
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