Editing Muntinlupa (section)

===American occupation era===
[[File:MuntinlupaSanPedrojf2112 07.JPG|thumb|left|Welcome marker along [[N1 highway (Philippines)|Manila South Road]] at the Muntinlupa–[[San Pedro, Laguna|San Pedro]] boundary reflecting the former [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]]–[[Rizal (province)|Rizal]] provincial boundary; Muntinlupa was part of Rizal from 1901–1903 and from 1905–1975.]]

The [[Philippine Commission]] promulgated [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]] Province on June 11, 1901, through Act No. 137. Muntinlupa became part of the new province after being a part of the defunct [[Manila (province)|province of Manila]].

On October 12, 1903, Muntinlupa, alongside [[Taguig]], was merged with [[Pateros]] by virtue of Act No. 942.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=942|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l89ad|date=October 12, 1903|accessdate=April 24, 2022|title=An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen|website=Lawyerly}}</ref> On November 25, 1903, Muntinlupa was incorporated under Act No. 1008 and included within the boundary of the province of [[Laguna (province)|La Laguna]] under the municipality of [[Biñan]].<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getdoc&DocId=622&Index=%2A9b8c493322d6ea4e01a8b64cca8b398a|chamber=Act|number=1008|title=An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty municipalities of the Province of La Laguna to nineteen," and Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty - two municipalities of the Province of Rizal to fifteen," and providing that the boundary line between the Provinces of La Laguna and Rizal be changed so as to include in La Laguna the municipality of Muntinlupa now a part of Rizal.|date=November 25, 1903|accessdate=April 24, 2022|website=Supreme Court E-Library}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Muntinlupa residents protested this Executive Act, and through their town head, Marcelo Fresnedi, filed a formal petition to the Governor for the return of the municipality to the province of Rizal. On March 22, 1905, Act No. 1308 paved the way for Muntinlupa's return to the province of Rizal to then become a part of [[Taguig]], along with [[Pateros]].<ref name="history_munti" /><ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l43ec|chamber=Act|number=1308|date=March 22, 1905|accessdate=April 24, 2022|title=An Act providing for the return of the former municipality of Muntinlupa from the Province of La Laguna to the Province of Rizal, repealing paragraph (e) of section one and sections two and three of Act Numbered One thousand and eight, and changing the name of the municipality of Pateros, of the Province of Rizal, to Taguig|website=Lawyerly}}</ref>

[[File:Philippine Island - Alabang - NARA - 68155806.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of Alabang Stock Farm, 1933]]
On December 19, 1917, Governor-General [[Francis Burton Harrison]] signed Executive Order 108, which made Muntinlupa an independent municipality, separating it from Taguig. The law took effect on January 1, 1918.<ref name="history_munti">{{cite news|url=https://muntinlupacity.gov.ph/history/|title=History|website=City Government of Muntinlupa|accessdate=April 15, 2023}}</ref> Vidal Joaquin, a native of [[Alabang]], served as the first appointed mayor from 1918 to 1919, followed by Primo Ticman, native of [[Poblacion, Muntinlupa|Poblacion]], from 1919 to 1922. Melencio Espeleta became the first elected mayor of Muntinlupa in 1922, serving until 1924.