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MOP, Bk 6, v.5, 84
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 86, May 11, 1949 ]
CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1949
WHEREAS, the fourth of July, 1946, is of great historical importance to the Filipino people because it was on that day that Philippine Independence was granted and the Republic of the Philippines proclaimed and inaugurated; and WHEREAS, in order to impress upon our people, especially the youth, the significance of that important event in our national life, it is fitting and proper that the day be observed with appropriate ceremonies; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create a National Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the appropriate celebration of the Third Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines. The Committee shall be composed of the following: Hon. Ricardo Nepomuceno Chairman Hon. Primitivo Lovina Member Hon. Cornelio Balmaceda Member Hon. Asuncion A. Perez Member Hon. Marciano Roque Member Hon. Esteban R. Abada Member Gen. Mariano N. Castañeda Member Gen. Alberto Ramos Member Hon. Manuel de la Fuente Member Mr. Vicente Carmona Member Mrs. Trinidad F. Legarda Member Mrs. Pilar H. Lim Member Mrs. Francisca T. Benitez Member Mr. Gil J. Puyat Member Mr. Exequiel Villacorta Member Mr. Vicente Lontok Executive Secretary The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary. Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third. (Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA Executive Secretary