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MOP, Bk 5, v.5, 71

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 18, November 15, 1946 ]

CREATING AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY, DETERMINE AND LIST THE SURPLUS PROPERTIES NEEDED FOR THE USE OF THE GOVERNMENT, ITS AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS



WHEREAS , Republic Act No. 33, which governs the disposition of properties acquired from the Government of the United States of America under the Agreement of September 11, 1946, contemplates that in the disposition of said properties priority shall be given to the needs of the Government, its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create an Interdepartmental Committee to study, determine, and list all the requirements of the different departments, bureaus and offices of the Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations and local governments, for properties acquired by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines pursuant to the Agreement between the United States of America and the Philippines on 11 September 1946. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Chief of the Executive Office

Chairman

The Commissioner of the Budget

Member

The Undersecretary of the Interior

Member

The Undersecretary of Finance

Member

The Undersecretary of Justice

Member

The Undersecretary of Agriculture and Commerce

Member

The Undersecretary of Instruction

Member

The Undersecretary of Public Works and Communications

Member

The Undersecretary of Labor

Member

The Undersecretary of Health and Public Welfare

Member

The Chief of Staff, Philippine Army

Member

Mr. Arturo Tanco

Member


The different departments, bureaus and offices of the Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, including the government-owned or controlled corporations and local governments, shall furnish to the Committee such technical and clerical assistance, data, and information as it may require in connection with the performance of its duties and the Committee shall have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers or records of said departments, bureaus or offices, agencies or instrumentalities, corporations and local governments.

Done at the City of Manila, this 15th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office
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