DESIGNATING THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST OF EVERY YEAR AS CITIZENSHIP DAY AND DECLARING TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1952, A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

WHEREAS, the anniversary of the birth of the late
President Manuel L. Quezon falls on the nineteenth of August;

WHEREAS, our illustrious leader consecrated
himself to the ideal of producing a citizenry conscious of its rights and
obligations and worthy of the traditions of a sound and lasting democracy;

WHEREAS, it is desirable that the anniversary of
the birth of our departed leader be dedicated to such ideal and that the people
be afforded full opportunity to celebrate the day with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of
the Philippines, y virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 30 f the
Revised Administrative Code, do hereby designate the nineteenth day of August
19, 1952, as a special public holiday. I enjoin the observance of the day by
such programs or activities as would inculcate upon people, especially the
youth, the rights and the duties of good citizenship to the end that they may
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 4th day of
August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary

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