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 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 3, 1946 July 3, 1946 [No. 26941 48U.S.C., i 1240; Supp. V, i 1240 note. Designation of prop- erties for diplomatic and consular estab- lishments In the Phil- ippine Islands. DESIGNATING PROPERTIES SUITABLE FOR DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 10 of the act of March 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 463, as amended by section 3 of the act of August 7, 1939, 53 Stat. 1230, provides in part as follows: "(c) (1) Whenever the President of the United States shall find that any properties in the Philippines, owned by the Philip- pine Government or by private persons, would be suitable for diplomatic or consular establishments of the United States after the inauguration of the independent Government, he may, with the approval of the Philippine Government, and in exchange for the conveyance of title to the United States, transfer to the said Government or private persons any properties of the United States in the Philippines. Title to any properties so transferred to private persons, and title to any properties so acquired by the United States, shall be vested in fee simple in such persons and the United States, respectively, notwithstanding the provisions contained in subsection (a) of this section. "(2) Whenever, prior to July 4, 1946, the President of the United States shall find that any properties of the United States in the Philippines would be suitable for diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States after the inauguration of the independent Government, he shall designate the same by the issuance of a proclamation or proclamations, and title to any properties so designated shall continue to be vested in fee simple in the United States notwithstanding the provisions contained in subsection (a) of this section."; AND WHEREAS I find that the hereinafter described properties will be suitable for diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States after the inauguration of the independent Philippine Government: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the following described properties in the Philippine Islands as suitable for diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States after the inauguration of the independent Philippine Government. 1. All lands and buildings pertaining to the official residences of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands in the Cities of Manila and Baguio, together with all fixtures and movable objects. 2. All that plot of land, including the improvements thereon, and designated as Lot No. 17B1 of Subdivision Plan PSC4355 G K. R. O. Cadastral record No. 189, being a portion of Lot No. 17B, Block 2058 of Cadastral survey of the City of Manila, situated in District of Binondo and bounded on the northeast by Calle David, on the southeast by Lot No. 17B2, and on the northwest by property of heirs of Pedro R. Roxas (Lot 18); containing an area of 1,255 square meters and 60 square decimeters, more or less. Title registered in the name of the Government of the United States of America on April 13, 1946, by transfer Certificate of Title 76700, recorded by Register of Deeds for the City of Manila in Book T289. Page 200. This property is known as the Heacock Building. 1350 [60 STAT.

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