ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 144, October 10, 1955

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE MINING CLAIMS OWNED, HELD OR CONTROLLED BY THE DEMONSTRATION GOLD MINES, LTD., WHICH WERE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT AS SITE FOR THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY BUILDINGS.

By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a committee to evaluate the mining claims owned, held or controlled by the Demonstration Gold Mines, Ltd., which were taken by the Government as site for the Philippine Military Academy buildings. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Superintendent, Philippine Military Academy ....................................	Chairman
The Chief of Engineers, AFP ................................................................	Member
The Judge Advocate General, AFP ........................................................	"
Mr. Servillano Aquino ..........................................................................	"
A representative of the Bureau of Mines ...............................................	"
A representative of Demonstration Gold Mines, Ltd ...............................	"

The Committee shall evaluate the mining claims as of 1950 when the Government first took possession thereof. It shall submit its report and recommendations as soon as possible.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance or information as it may need in the performance of its duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO

Executive Secretary