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[ PROCLAMATION NO. 217, November 03, 1950 ]

DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 15 OF EACH YEAR AS CLEAN-UP-WEEK AND CREATING COMMITTEES FOR THE PURPOSE.



In order to properly imbue the people of the Philippines with the importance of cleanliness and so that public health and sanitation may be placed on a higher level, I, Elpidio Quirino, President Of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the National Committee on Clean-Up-Week, do hereby designate the period from November 9 to November 15 of each year as Clean-Up-Week. All public officials, civic entities, and the people in general shall cooperate in and contribute to the proper observance of Clean-Up-Week.

The following committees, which shall be in charge of the programs to be observed during the Clean-Up-Week, are hereby created:

National Committee

Undersecretary of Health

Chairman

Undersecretary of the Interior

Member

Director of Health

Member

Director of Public Schools

Member

Director of Private Schools

Member

Manager, Philippine National Red Cross

Member

Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philip­pines

Member

City Health Officer of Manila

Secretary

Provincial Committee

Provincial Governor

Chairman

District Health Officer

Member

District Engineer

Member

Provincial Treasurer

Member

Division Superintendent of Schools

Member

Chapter Administrator, Philippine National Red Cross

Member

Local Scout Executive, or Provincial Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, if any

Member

To be designated by the Chairman

Secretary

Chartered City Committee

City Mayor

Chairman

City Health Officer

Member

City Engineer

Member

City Treasurer

Member

City Superintendent of Schools

Member

City Chief of Police

Member

Representative, Philippine National Red Cross

Member

President, Women’s Club

Member

Local Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philip­pines, if any

Member

To be designated by the Chairman

Secretary

Municipal Committee

Municipal Mayor

Chairman

President, Sanitary Division

Member

Municipal Treasurer

Member

Supervisor or Principal of Local Public Schools

Member

Principal of Local Private High School, if any

Member

Chief of Police

Member

President, Women’s Club

Member

President, Parent-Teacher Association

Member

Municipal Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of the Philippines

Member

To be designated by the Chairman

Secretary

The above committees are hereby empowered to appoint such sub-committees as may be necessary to carry into effect the objectives of this proclamation

Upon the termination of the Clean-Up-Week, all municipal committees shall submit full reports of their accomplishments to the provincial committees, which shall in turn submit a consolidated report to the national committee. Chartered city committees shall make their reports directly to the national committee. The national committee shall consolidate all reports and submit a concise account of the same to the President of the Philippines.

This Proclamation supersedes Proclamation No. 20, dated January 13, 1947.

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 3rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary

 

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