PROCLAMATION NO. 56, August 14, 1954
DECLARING THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY
WHEREAS, the seventy-sixth anniversary of the
birth of the late President Manuel L. Quezon falls on Thursday, August 19,
1954;
WHEREAS, his life having been dedicated to the
service of his country and people, it is but fit and proper that we commemorate
his birthday; and
WHEREAS, the nineteenth clay 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 Thursday, August 19, 1954, as a
special public holiday. I enjoin the observance of the day with appropriate
ceremonies which would 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 14th day of
August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary