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MOP, Bk 3, v.4, 328

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 340, May 03, 1941 ]

REQUIRING DEALER, DISTRIBUTIONS, ETC. TO REPORT STOCKS OF FOODS AND FEEDS IN THEIR POSSESSION AND OF THOSE ARRIVING UNDER CONTRACT



Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Commonwealth Act No. 600, and upon the recommendation of the National Emergency Commission, I, MANUEL L. QUEZON, President of the Philippines, to insure a steady and adequate supply of foodstuffs for the support and maintenance of the Nation and to provide for their equitable distribution, hereby order that all persons, firms, companies, associations, clubs, hotels, restaurants, dealers, distributors, brokers, or agents shall, within ten (10) days from the promulgation of this Order and at the end of every month thereafter, or whenever called for, submit to the Office of the Food Administrator, appointed under Executive Order No. 335, dated April 1, 1941, a true and correct report of all foodstuffs, foods, and other staple products including livestock and poultry, in their possession, as well as of those arriving under contract. This inventory must show among other things the name of article, its quantity, size, age, and invoice value.

Any violation of this Order shall be punished in accordance with Section 3 of Commonwealth Act No. 600.

This Order shall take effect on May 5th, 1941.

Done at the City of Baguio, this 3rd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the sixth.

(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President
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