Administrative Order No. 150, November 29, 1965

CONDONING THE BACK RENTALS DUE FROM TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS OF THE YUZON ESTATE IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA

WHEREAS, the Yuzon Estate in the Municipality of Jaen, province of Nueva Ecija, was purchased by the Government with the end in view of subdividing the same for distribution to bona-fide occupants or tenants and other qualified landless individuals;

WHEREAS, the acquisition of said landed estate was in accordance with the provision of the Constitution and laws authorizing the acquisition by the Government of landed estates for subdivision into home lots and resale at cost to qualified persons; and

WHEREAS, the inability of the tenants and occupants to pay the rentals was due partly to economic difficulties and crop failures, apart from their conviction that they were to pay for the cost of the land and not for the use thereof, since the estate was precisely purchased by the Government in their behalf;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and the best interest of the Government so requiring, do hereby order:

That the outstanding rentals and/or interests due from lessees, bona-fide tenants and occupants found qualified under the law, rules and regulations to acquire lands in the Yuzon Estate are hereby condoned and said persons relieved therefrom.

Done in the 29th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) SALVADOR L. MARIÑO

Acting Executive Secretary