PROCLAMATION NO. 175, August 08, 1955
DECLARING FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1955, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY
WHEREAS, the seventy-seventh anniversary of the
birth of the late President Manuel L. Quezon falls on Friday, August 19, 1955;
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the people be afforded
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, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by section 30 of the
Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, August 19, 1955, as a
special public holiday. 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 8th day of
August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary