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MOP, Bk 6, v.5, 51
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 66, August 04, 1948 ]
CREATING AN ADVISORY BOARD TO ADVISE THE PRESIDENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC LAW NO. 865 OF THE 80TH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ROGERS ACT
WHEREAS, the 80th Congress of the United States has recently passed Public Law No. 865, otherwise known as the Rogers Act, providing for the care and hospitalization of world war veterans;
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to take steps for the implementation of this Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create and constitute an Advisory Board which shall be composed of the following:
It shall be the duty of the Board to advise the President on the designation of the government agency to handle the implementation of the Rogers Act; to make recommendations on how to take care of the disabled veterans with the least possible delay; to recommend sites for the location of the different veterans’ hospitals and the priority of their construction; to recommend type buildings for veterans’ hospital; and to advise the President on the administration of said hospitals.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to take steps for the implementation of this Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create and constitute an Advisory Board which shall be composed of the following:
Secretary of National Defense | Chairman |
Commissioner of the Budget | Member |
Surgeon General, Armed Forces of the Philippines | Member |
Chairman, Philippine Veterans Board | Member |
Director of Hospitals | Member |
Dean of the College of Medicine, University of the Philippines | Member |
Director of Public Works | Member |
It shall be the duty of the Board to advise the President on the designation of the government agency to handle the implementation of the Rogers Act; to make recommendations on how to take care of the disabled veterans with the least possible delay; to recommend sites for the location of the different veterans’ hospitals and the priority of their construction; to recommend type buildings for veterans’ hospital; and to advise the President on the administration of said hospitals.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.
(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary