Executive Order 1197

Pursuant to section twelve of Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes" (32 Stat. L., 691), the following lands lying within the limits of the municipality of Cotabato, District of Cotabato, Moro Province, Philippine Islands, described by reference to the map of Cotabato Townsite, approved by the Director of Lands, June 23, 1908, are hereby reserved, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the conditions hereinafter set forth, for military purposes, viz:

 Plot 24 (Military Reservation), bounded on the north by the Cotabato River, east by Calle Marquez de Figueroa, south by Calle Felipe II, and on the east by an estero. Block 11, bounded on the north by Paseo de Villeron, east by an estero, south by Calle Felipe II, and on the west by Calle Sultan de Makacua. Section 1 of Block 12, bounded on the north by Calle Felipe II, east by an estero, south by Section 2 of Block 12, and on the west by Calle Sultan de Makacua. Section 2 of Block 1, bounded on the north by Section 1 of Block 1, east by Sections 4 and 8 of Block 1, south by Calle Felipe II, and on the west by Calle Marquez de Figueroa. Section 3 of Block 1, bounded on the north by Section 4 of Block 1, east by Calle General Corcuera, south by Calle Felipe II, and on the west by Section 2 of Block 1. 

The said reservations are made subject to the following conditions:

That no private property shall be taken or destroyed without first making payment therefor; that no private parties who are at present lawful owners or occupants or in the lawful possession or occupation of the lands required for these reservations, shall be dispossessed or disturbed in their ownership, possession, or occupation, until their ownership or right to possession or occupancy has been extinguished by due process of law and all lawful claims of such owners or occupants have been fully paid.

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 * April 28, 1910.