PROCLAMATION NO. 85, October 27, 1954
DECLARING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1954, A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY
WHEREAS, paying homage to the dead on All Saints’
Day is one of the cherished traditions of the Filipino people; and
WHEREAS, in keeping with that tradition, the
people should be given full opportunity to observe the day with all its
religious fervor;
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 Monday, November 1, 1954, as a
special public holiday.
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 27th 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