EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 77, July 18, 1967

CLASSIFYING MUNICIPAL DISTRICT IN THE PHILIPPINES AND DECLARING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS AS MUNICIPALITIES AND CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES AS FIRST-CLASS MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS

Pursuant to the provisions of Section twenty-six hundred and thirty of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Section one of Republic Act Numbered fifteen hundred and fifteen, the following municipal districts are hereby classified, as herein indicated, in accordance with the schedule provided in said Section one of Republic Act Numbered fifteen hundred and fifteen, on the basis of their average annual revenues for the four fiscal years Nineteen hundred and sixty-one to Nineteen hundred and sixty-four, s.9 certified by the General Auditing Office, effective as of July 1, 1964:

ABRA
Municipal Districts	Class
Boliney	2nd
Bucloc	3rd
Daguioman	3rd
Lacub	2nd
Licuan	1st
Maliboong	1st
Tineg	2nd
CAGAYAN
Sta. Praxedes (formerly Langangan)	1st
ILOCOS SUR
Gregorio del Pilar	1st
Sigay	2nd
Sugpon	2nd
LANAO DEL NORTE
Munai	2nd
Nunungan	1st
Pantao-Ragat	1st
Tangcal	2nd
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL
Concepcion	1st
NUEVA VISCAYA
Kasibu	1st
SAMAR
Maslog	3rd
Matuguinao	2nd
San Jose de Buan	4th
SULU
Marungas	2nd

The following municipal districts, which have not as yet existed for four years as of June 30, 1964, are hereby given their tentative classification, as indicated herein below, effective as of the dates of their corporate existence on the basis of their annual revenues during the fiscal year following their organization:

NUEVA VISCAYA
Quezon	1st
QUEZON
Patnanungan	1st
Junalig	1st
ROBLON
San Jose (Carabao Island)	1st

By operation of the provisions of Section two of Republic Act Numbered fifteen hundred and fifteen, the following municipal districts, each having realized an average annual revenues of more than four thousand pesos during the four consecutive fiscal years ended June 30, 1964, are hereby declared and considered as fifth-class (equivalent to seventh-class pursuant to Republic Act No. 2368) municipalities effective as of July 1, 1964:

LANAO DEL SUR

Kapai

Madalum

NUEVA VIZCAYA

Santa Fe

QUEZON

Panukulan

and the following seventh-class (formerly fifth-class) municipality having failed to realize an average annual revenue of four thousand pesos during the four consecutive fiscal years ended June 30, 1964, are ipso facto considered as first-class municipal districts, effective as of July 1, 1964, and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of Article six, Chapter sixty-four of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended:

ABRA

Danglas

Langidon

BATANGAS

Ivana

Uyugan

Sabtang

The present elective municipal district and municipal officials shall continue as such officials of the newly declared municipalities and municipal districts, respectively, until their successors shall have been elected during the next general elections for local officials and shall have qualified.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary