PROCLAMATION NO. 143, April 13, 1955
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 18 TO 24 OF EVERY YEAR AS WATER CONSERVATION WEEK
In order to apprise the public of the danger
arising from the indiscriminate use and wastage of water during summer, I,
Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested
in me by law, do hereby declare the period from April 18 to 24 of every year as
Water Conservation Week.
I authorize the General Manager of the
Metropolitan Water District to take appropriate measures to carry out the
objective of this proclamation.
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 13th day of
April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary