Executive Order No. 51




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 51, November 14, 1966 ] TEMPORARILY GRANTING THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR RIZAL AUTHORITY AND DISCRETION IN THE UTILIZATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL FUND OF THE PROVINCE, SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY GUIDELINES IN THE UTILIZATION THEREOF WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 466 of the Provincial Board of Rizal dated March 30, 1966, the Provincial Governor issued Administrative Order No. 10 creating the Agricultural Development Council for Rizal for the purpose of undertaking a province-wide program of agricultural development including provisions for technical and financial assistance to farmers; WHEREAS, it is sought to clothe Agricultural Development Council for Rizal with, the power of control, supervision and coordination of the activities of all personnel of various agricultural agencies, offices and instrumentalities of the government located in said province; WHEREAS, assure success in the implementation of the agricultural development program of the province, the Agricultural Development Council for Rizal must be given the necessary authority and discretion in the utilization of funds that may be available to it; WHEREAS, one of the major source of funds that may be tapped is the accumulated and unexpended balances of the agricultural fund created by Commonwealth Act No. 85, as amended by Common Act No. 649, Republic Act No. 680 and Republic Act No. 3844; WHEREAS, among the members of the Agricultural Development Council for Rizal are the Undersecretary for Agriculture of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Deputy Commissioner of the Agricultural Productivity Commission; WHEREAS, the Agricultural Productivity Commission has expressly committed its support to the Agricultural Development Council for Rizal and is willing to give this council the necessary authority and discretion in the utilization of the accumulated and unexpended balances of the agricultural fund for the achievement of its objectives, subject to the control and supervision of the Agricultural Productivity Commission. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare one following: 1. That the authority and jurisdiction of the Agricultural Productivity Commission over the agricultural fund of Rizal Province, created by Commonwealth Act No. 85, as amended by Commonweal Act No. 649, Republic Act No. 680 and Republic Act No. 3844, shall be temporarily granted to or in favor of the Agricultural Development Council for Rizal, subject to the control and supervision of the former; 2. That the Agricultural Development Council for Rizal shall be authorized to determine the purposes by which the agricultural fund shall be utilized, subject to the control and supervision of Agricultural Productivity Commission and to the limitations prescribed in the aforecited laws as well as to the condition that said fund shall be used only for the benefit of the province; 3. That the Provincial Board shall continue, as required by Section 1813-II of the Revised Administrative Code, to appropriate funds for purpose determined by the Agricultural Development Council for Rizal; 4. That in the utilization of the agricultural fund of Rizal Province and other funds which may be available for said agricultural development program, the Agricultural Development Council for Rizal shall be guided by the general-welfare clause embodied in the Revised Administrative Code and in Republic Act No.2264, otherwise known as the Local Autonomy Act, with a view to giving priority to projects that will contribute directly to the effectivity of the agricultural extension service and the fulfillment of the objectives of the agricultural development program of the province; and 5. That this order shall be in force for a period of five years from its approval, unless sooner revoked. Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-six. (SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation