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[ PROCLAMATION NO. 217, November 03, 1950 ]
DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 15 OF EACH YEAR AS CLEAN-UP-WEEK AND CREATING COMMITTEES FOR THE PURPOSE.
In order to properly imbue the people of the Philippines with the importance of cleanliness and so that public health and sanitation may be placed on a higher level, I, Elpidio Quirino, President Of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the National Committee on Clean-Up-Week, do hereby designate the period from November 9 to November 15 of each year as Clean-Up-Week. All public officials, civic entities, and the people in general shall cooperate in and contribute to the proper observance of Clean-Up-Week.
The following committees, which shall be in charge of the programs to be observed during the Clean-Up-Week, are hereby created:
National Committee
Undersecretary of Health
Chairman
Undersecretary of the Interior
Member
Director of Health
Member
Director of Public Schools
Member
Director of Private Schools
Member
Manager, Philippine National Red Cross
Member
Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philippines
Member
City Health Officer of Manila
Secretary
Provincial Committee
Provincial Governor
Chairman
District Health Officer
Member
District Engineer
Member
Provincial Treasurer
Member
Division Superintendent of Schools
Member
Chapter Administrator, Philippine National Red Cross
Member
Local Scout Executive, or Provincial Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, if any
Member
To be designated by the Chairman
Secretary
Chartered City Committee
City Mayor
Chairman
City Health Officer
Member
City Engineer
Member
City Treasurer
Member
City Superintendent of Schools
Member
City Chief of Police
Member
Representative, Philippine National Red Cross
Member
President, Women’s Club
Member
Local Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, if any
Member
To be designated by the Chairman
Secretary
Municipal Committee
Municipal Mayor
Chairman
President, Sanitary Division
Member
Municipal Treasurer
Member
Supervisor or Principal of Local Public Schools
Member
Principal of Local Private High School, if any
Member
Chief of Police
Member
President, Women’s Club
Member
President, Parent-Teacher Association
Member
Municipal Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of the Philippines
Member
To be designated by the Chairman
Secretary
The above committees are hereby empowered to appoint such sub-committees as may be necessary to carry into effect the objectives of this proclamation
Upon the termination of the Clean-Up-Week, all municipal committees shall submit full reports of their accomplishments to the provincial committees, which shall in turn submit a consolidated report to the national committee. Chartered city committees shall make their reports directly to the national committee. The national committee shall consolidate all reports and submit a concise account of the same to the President of the Philippines.
This Proclamation supersedes Proclamation No. 20, dated January 13, 1947.
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 3rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.
ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President: TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary