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[ PROCLAMATION NO. 20, January 13, 1947 ]

DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO FEBRUARY 22 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 bee placed on a higher level, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Public Welfare, do hereby designate the period from February 16 to February 22 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 and Public Welfare

Chairman

Undersecretary of the Interior

Member

Director of Health

Member

Director of Education

Member

President, Municipal Board, Manila

Member

Manager, Philippine Red Cross

Member

National Scoutmaster, Boy Scout 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

Provincial Provost Marshal

Member

Representative, Philippine Red Cross

Member

Provincial Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines, if any

Member

To be designated by the Chairman

Secretary

Chartered City Committee

Undersecretary of Health and Public Welfare

Chairman

Undersecretary of the Interior

Member

Director of Health

Member

Director of Education

Member

President, Municipal Board, Manila

Member

Manager, Philippine Red Cross

Member

National Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines

Member

City Health Officer of Manila

Secretary

Municipal Committee

Municipal Mayor

Chairman

President, Sanitary Division

Member

Municipal Treasurer

Member

Supervisor of local public schools

Member

Principal of local private high school, if any

Member

Chief of Police

Member

President, Women’s Club

Member

Municipal Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines, if any

Member

To be designated by the Chairman

Secretary

The above committee 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.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this 13th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, 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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