MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ 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.1âшphi1The 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 13th 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
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