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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 547, November 28, 1958 ]

DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, 1959, AS ACCOUNTANCY WEEK

WHEREAS, accountants, by reason of the vantage position they occupy in the field of business, finance, and industry, have contributed immensely to the progress of the national economy; and

WHEREAS, it is desirable that the important role played by accountants in the development of the national economy be brought to the attention of the people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the first week of January, 1959, as Accountancy Week and designate the Philippine Institute of Accountants to take charge of its celebration.1âшphi1

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 28th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary

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