CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLIC LANDSNotes: 1. Only A and D lands may be the subject of disposition. a.

Public Land Act lands of public domain b. special laws timber and mineral lands 2. Sec. 6. The President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of D E NR, shall from time to time classify thelands of the public domain into i. alienable or disposable ii. timber, and iii. mineral lands 3 . Sec. 9. Classification of Lands According to the U se or Purposes

i. agricultural ii. residential, commercial, industrial or for similar productive purposes iii. educational charitable, or other similar purposes iv. reservations for town sites and for public and quasi public uses 4 . Sec. 10. M ethods Authorized by Public Land Act i. alienation ii. disposition iii. concession 5. Government landincludes not only public land but also other lands of the government already reserved ordevoted to public use or subject to private right ;

pu b lic lands or pu b lic domainsaid lands as are thrown toprivate appropriation and settlement by homestead and other like general laws 6. A survey made in a cadastral proceeding merely identifies each lot preparatory to a judicial proceeding foradjudication of title to any of the lands upon claim of interested parties. 7 . The adverse possession which may be the basis of a grant of title in confirmation of imperfect title cases appliesonly to alienable lands of the public domain. 8 . General Rule: Any person seeking to establish ownership over land must conclusively show that he is the owner. Exception: W here there is sufficient evidence on record which shows that the parcel of land applied for isalienable and disposable and has been in the possession of the applicants and their predecessors in interestsince time immemorial, it becomes the duty of the government to demonstrate that the land is forest land. 9. The Director of Forestry should submit to the Court convincing proof that the land is not more valuableagricultural than for forest purposes. 10. A mere formal opposition on the part of the Attorney -

General for the Director of Forestry, unsupported bysatisfactory evidence, will not stop the courts from giving title to the claimant. 11. Government may, by reservation, decide for itself what portions of public land shall be considered forestry land,unless private interests have intervened before such reservation is made.