PROCLAMATION NO. 155, May 02, 1955

DECLARING THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY OF EVERY YEAR AS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE DAY AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF

Presidential Proclamations May 2, 1955
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In order to give impetus to agricultural science which will
undoubtedly accelerate Philippine progress and prosperity, I, Ramon Magsaysay,
President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the fifth day of May of every
year as Agricultural Science Day to be observed throughout the country,
particularly in schools, colleges and universities, with appropriate
ceremonies.

The following are hereby designated members of a committee
which is hereby created to take charge of the observance of Agricultural
Science Day:

The Secretary of Agriculture and
Natural Resources

Chairman

The  Secretary of Education

Member

The Dean, College of Agriculture,
University of the Philippines

Member

The President, Central Luzon
Agricultural College

Member

The Dean, Araneta Institute of
Agriculture

Member

The President, Philippine
Association of Agriculturists

Member

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 2nd day of May, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the
Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By
the President:

MARIANO
YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary