Proclamation No. 174 Series of 1950




MALACAÑANG Manila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Proclamation No. 174 DECLARING SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1950, A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY WHEREAS, a petition has been received from the Bankers Association of the Philippines requesting that the eighth day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty, be declared a special bank holiday; WHEREAS, the sixth day (Holy Thursday) and the seventh day (Good Friday) of April, nineteen hundred and fifty, being public holidays, the eighth day (Saturday) of April, nineteen hundred and fifty, may be declared a special public holiday to the great advantage of the banking houses and without any disadvantage to the public in general; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, and there being in my judgment sufficient reasons therefor, do hereby proclaim Saturday, April eighth, nineteen hundred and fifty, 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 Baguio, this 4th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth. ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines By the President: TEDORO EVANGELISTA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation