CALLING FOR SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL EXISTING VACANCIES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WHEREAS, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives has certified that the following vacancies exist in the
membership of the said body:

First Representative District of Iloilo

Fifth Representative District of Pangasinan

Sole representative District of Bukidnon

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority
conferred upon me by section 17 of Commonwealth Act No. 357, known as the
Election Code, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines, hereby issue this
a proclamation and call a special election to take place on Tuesday, the 11^th
day of March, 1947, in the following representative districts of the provinces
in the Philippines for the purpose of electing the members who are to fill the
unexpired portion of the term of the existing vacancies in the House of
Representatives, to wit:

First Representative District of Iloilo

Fifth Representative District of Pangasinan

Sole Representative District of Bukidnon

The provisions of the Election Code insofar as
they are applicable shall be followed in the conduct of the special election
herein called.

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 6^th
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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