Proclamation No. 47




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ PROCLAMATION NO. 47, August 30, 1962 ] DECLARING FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1962, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES WHEREAS, the fifty-fifth birthday of the late President Ramon Magsaysay falls on August 31, 1962; WHEREAS, in the few years that God gave him to serve our people, President Magsaysay made himself a true brother and earnest defender of the common man, dedicated himself to improving the public services, and did everything for the advancement of the Republic; and WHEREAS, it is but fitting that at least the people of his birthplace be afforded full opportunity to celebrate his birthday with appropriate ceremonies; NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, August 31, 1962, as a special public holiday in the province of Zambales.1âшphi1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.£A⩊phi£ Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two. DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines By the President: SALVADOR L. MARIÑO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation