Proclamation No. 276 Series of 1951




MALACAÑANG Manila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Proclamation No. 276 CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO ELECT THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SOLE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT OF THE NEW PROVINCE MINDORO OCCIDENTAL. WHEREAS, section 6 of Republic Act No. 505, creating the Province of Mindoro Oriental and Mindoro Occidental authorizes the calling of a special election for the purpose of electing the Representative for the sole representative district of the Province of Mindoro Occidental; NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section 20 of Republic Act No. 180, known as the Revised Election Code, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, hereby issue this proclamation and call a special election in the sole representative district of the Province of Mindoro Occidental to take place on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, to coincide with the general elections for provincial and municipal officials and for eight senators, for the purpose of electing the Member of the House of Representatives for said province whose term of office will terminate on December thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-three. The provisions of the Revised Election Code insofar as they are applicable shall be followed in the conduct of the special election herein called. 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 New York, N. Y., U. S. A. (for the City of Manila), this 24th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth. ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines By the President: MARCIANO ROQUE Acting Assistant Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation