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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 749, May 4, 1961 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 8 TO 14, 1961, AS RURAL BANKS WEEK

WHEREAS, rural banks play a vital role in the economic development of the country;

WHEREAS, the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines will hold its annual convention on May 11-13, 1961;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines in order to give due recognition to the collective efforts of our rural bankers in pushing through the rural banking program, do hereby declare the period from May 8 to 14, 1961, as Rural Banks Week.

The Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines is hereby designated to take charge of the celebration of the week.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

NATALIO P. CASTILLO
Executive Secretary

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