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[ PROCLAMATION NO. 431, August 12, 1957 ]
DECLARING MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1957, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, the seventy-ninth birthday of the late President Manuel L. Quezon falls on Monday, August 19, 1957;
WHEREAS, it is desirable that our people be given full opportunity to render homage to the memory of our illustrious leader; and
WHEREAS, the nineteenth day of August of every year is also Citizenship Day under Proclamation No. 331 dated August 4, 1952;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, August 19, 1957, as a special public holiday throughout the Philippines. I enjoin the observance of the day with appropriate ceremonies designed to inculcate upon our people, especially the youth, the rights and duties of good citizenship to the end that they will consecrate themselves to the ideals and traditions of our Republic.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen: hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the twelfth.
By the President:
FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary
WHEREAS, it is desirable that our people be given full opportunity to render homage to the memory of our illustrious leader; and
WHEREAS, the nineteenth day of August of every year is also Citizenship Day under Proclamation No. 331 dated August 4, 1952;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, August 19, 1957, as a special public holiday throughout the Philippines. I enjoin the observance of the day with appropriate ceremonies designed to inculcate upon our people, especially the youth, the rights and duties of good citizenship to the end that they will consecrate themselves to the ideals and traditions of our Republic.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen: hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the twelfth.
CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary