PROCLAMATION NO. 30, July 30, 1947

DECLARING THE SECOND SATURDAY OF SEPTEMBER OF EACH YEAR AS ARBOR DAY AND CREATING COMMITTEES FOR THE PURPOSE

Presidential Proclamations July 30, 1947

Whereas, man is dependent upon forest trees and cultivated
plants; but thousands of valuable trees are wantonly destroyed without benefit
to anyone, because people are not informed of their importance; and

Whereas, it is important to set aside a day each year so
that though appropriate ceremonies and actual re-planting, the people’s
attention could be drawn to the importance of trees and plants in their
everyday life and their interest awakened;

Now, therefore, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim
the second Saturday of September of each year as Arbor Day, to be observed in
schools and elsewhere by the planting of trees and plants.

The following Committees, which shall be in charge of the
programs to be observed on Arbor Day, are hereby created:

National Committee
1. Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce	Chairman
2. Secretary of Instruction	Member
3. Director of Forestry	Executive Officer
4. Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philippines	Member
5. A private citizen to be appointed by the President	Member
Provincial Committee
1. Provincial Governor	Chairman
2. District Forester or Local Forest Officer	Executive Officer
3. Division Superintendent of Schools	Member
4. Provincial Agricultural Supervisor	Member
5. Municipal Mayor of the Provincial Capital	Member
6. A private citizen to be appointed by the Chairman	Member
Chartered City Committee
1. City Mayor	Chairman
2. District Forester or Local Forest Officer	Executive Officer
3. Supervising Teacher or Principal Teacher	Member
4. Local Agronomist	Member
5. A private citizen to be appointed by the Chairman	Member
Municipal Committee
1. Municipal Mayor	Chairman
2. Local Forest Officer	Executive Officer
3. Supervising Teacher or Principal Teacher	Member
4. Municipal Agricultural Supervisor	Member
5. A private citizen to be appointed by the Chairman	Member

(Where there is no Forest Officer in the locality, the
Chairman of the Committee shall appoint the Executive Officer thereof.)

The above Committees are hereby empowered to appoint such
sub-committees as may be necessary to carry into effect the objectives 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 at the City of Manila, this 30^th day of
July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the second.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS

President of the Philippines

By
the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO

Chief
of the Executive Office

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