PROCLAMATION NO. 68, September 23, 1954
DECLARING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1954, A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS
WHEREAS, General Miguel Malvar is one of the most
heroic figures in our history, being the last Filipino general to surrender in
the Filipino-American War; and
WHEREAS, the people of Batangas desire to be
given full opportunity to celebrate the 89th birthday of General Malvar on
September 27, 1954;
NOW, THEREFORE, I; Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 30 of the
Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, September 27, 1954, as a
special public holiday in the Province of Batangas.
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 23rd day of
September, 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