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[ PROCLAMATION NO. 20, January 13, 1947 ]
DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO FEBRUARY 22 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 bee placed on a higher level, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Public Welfare, do hereby designate the period from February 16 to February 22 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 and Public Welfare
Chairman
Undersecretary of the Interior
Member
Director of Health
Member
Director of Education
Member
President, Municipal Board, Manila
Member
Manager, Philippine Red Cross
Member
National Scoutmaster, Boy Scout 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
Provincial Provost Marshal
Member
Representative, Philippine Red Cross
Member
Provincial Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines, if any
Member
To be designated by the Chairman
Secretary
Chartered City Committee
Undersecretary of Health and Public Welfare
Chairman
Undersecretary of the Interior
Member
Director of Health
Member
Director of Education
Member
President, Municipal Board, Manila
Member
Manager, Philippine Red Cross
Member
National Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines
Member
City Health Officer of Manila
Secretary
Municipal Committee
Municipal Mayor
Chairman
President, Sanitary Division
Member
Municipal Treasurer
Member
Supervisor of local public schools
Member
Principal of local private high school, if any
Member
Chief of Police
Member
President, Women’s Club
Member
Municipal Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines, if any
Member
To be designated by the Chairman
Secretary
The above committee 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.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done at the City of Manila, this 13 th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.
(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office