EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 188, July 09, 1956

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 188, July 09, 1956 ]

RECLASSIFYING THE PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

Pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act Numbered One hundred and thirty, the following provinces are hereby reclassified as indicated herein, in accordance with the schedule provided in section one of Act Numbered Three thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, as amended by Act Numbered Four thousand two hundred and sixteen, on the basis of their average annual revenues during the five consecutive fiscal years ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, as certified by the General Auditing Office:

PROVINCES

First Class—A

Albay Ilocos Sur Nueva Ecija

Antique Iloilo Pampanga

Batangas Isabela Pangasinan

Bohol Laguna Quezon

Bulacan Lanao Rizal

Cagayan La Union Samar

Camarines Sur Leyte Sorsogon

Capiz Masbate Sulu

Cavite Misamis Occidental Surigao

Cebu Misamis Oriental Tarlac

Cotabato Mountain Province Zambales

Davao Negros Occidental Zamboanga del Norte

Ilocos Norte Negros Oriental

First Class—B

Camarines Norte

Oriental Mindoro

First Class

Agusan Nueva Vizcaya Romblon

Bataan Palawan Zamboanga del Sur

Second Class

Abra

Bukidnon

Catanduanes

Marinduque

Fourth Class

Batanes

Occidental Mindoro

The classification herein made shall take effect on July 1, 1956.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY President of the Philippines

By the President: (Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON Executive Secretary