PROCLAMATION NO. 79-A, October 20, 1954
DECLARING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1954, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE, INCLUDING ORMOC CITY
WHEREAS, the twentieth day of October is of
special significance to the people of Leyte, being the anniversary of the landing
on the shores of said province of the United States Armed Forces in their
mission to liberate the country from enemy occupation;
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 Wednesday, October 20, 1954, as
a special public holiday in the province of Leyte, including Ormoc City.
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 20th day of
October, 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