PROCLAMATION NO. 278, March 23, 1956
DECLARING SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1956, A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY
WHEREAS, the twenty-ninth day (Holy Thursday) and
the thirtieth day (Good Friday) of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, being
public holidays, the thirty-first day (Saturday) of March, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, may be declared a special public holiday without any prejudice to
the public interest;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the
Revised Administrative Code, and there being sufficient reasons therefor, do
hereby proclaim Saturday, March thirty-first; nineteen hundred and fifty-six,
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 23rd day of
March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary