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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1260, May 3, 1974 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 6 TO 12, 1974, AS RURAL BANKING WEEK.

WHEREAS, May 9 to 12, 1974, marks the 21st Annual Convention of Rural Bankers under the joint sponsorship of the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines and the Central Bank of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, rural banking, as the main instrument of agricultural financing in the rural areas is vital in the acceleration program of agricultural economy; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting to focus public attention on the vital role of rural banks in the democratization of national wealth;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from May 6 to 12, 1974, as Rural Banking Week under the auspices of the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines and other involved entities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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