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.

Presidential Proclamations January 13, 1947



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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