Republic Act No. 6369

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1

There is hereby created the Municipality of Damulog, in the Province of Bukidnon consisting of the following barrios: New Damulog, Old Damulog, Sampagar, Talicop, Kitingting, Tangkulan, Macapari, Pocopoco, Mig-canit, Migcawayan, Batobato, Kinibaba, Lamalama, and Omonay, same province, which are hereby segregated and constituted into a separate and independent municipality to be named Damulog, with the seat of the government at Barrio New Damulog.

The Municipality of Damulog shall be bounded as follows:

From point marked 1 on plan of the Municipality of Damulog, Bukidnon, at the East bank of Mulita River longitude 124º 54' 28" E. latitude 7º 32' 00" N.; thence due East straight line longitude 124º 55' 55" E. West bank of Paracupac creek point 2; thence due East to opposite bank of said Paracupac creek distance 60 meters point 3; thence following with same latitude to longitude 124º 51' 56" E. West side of Sayre Highway distance 1,955 meters more or less point 4; thence due East to opposite of said Sayre Hihghway distance 60 meters point 5; thence S. 72º 00' 00" E. distance 2,500 meters more or less at longitude 124º 58' 17" E. latitude 7º 31' 36" N. peak of certain Hill point 6; thence S. 56º 00' 00" E. longitude 124º 59' 44" E. latitude 7º 30' 35" N. topmost of certain hill distance 3,250 meters more or less point 7; thence S. 55 00' 00" E. to longitude 125º 00' 57" E. latitude 7º   29' 28" N. Kugan creek-Pulangi river junction point 8; thence following through lowerstream of said Pulangi river to latitude 7º 28' 15" N. longitude 125º 02' 00" E. East bank of Pulangui river point 9; thence moving due East straight line to longitude 125º 06' 13" E. Latitude 7º 28' 15" N. distance 7,700 meters more or less West bank of Kulaman-Puti river point 10; thence following through downstream of said Kulaman river to latitude 7º 22' 23" N. longitude 125º 13' 30" E. junction Matigol-Kulaman rivers point 11; thence following through downstream of said Kulaman river to Pulangi-Kulaman rivers junction point 12, thence it follows through down-stream of said Pulangi river in northwesterly direction to its North bank at longitude 125º 00' 30" E. latitude 7º 23' 55" N. point 13; thence N. 43º 30' 00" W. distance 1,250 meters more or less longitude 125º 00' 00" E. latitude 7º 24' 24" N. headwaters Turonan river point 14; thence following through downstream of said Turonan river to Mulita-Turonan rivers junction longitude 124º 52' 50" E. latitude 7º 25' 10" N. point 15; thence the said boundary line follows through upperstream of said Mulita river to the point of beginning.

Section 2

The new municipality shall acquire corporate existence upon the election and qualification of the first mayor, vice-mayor and councilors who shall be elected in the next general election for local officials.

Section 3

The seat of the government as provided for in Section one of this Act shall be changed from New Damulog to Damulog.

Section 4

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, August 16, 1971.