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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1554, June 22, 1976 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1976, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN SOUTHERN LEYTE.

WHEREAS, Thursday, July 1, 1976, marks the foundation anniversary of the province of Southern Leyte;

WHEREAS, the people of Southern Leyte desire to celebrate this milestone in the history of their province;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare July 1, 1976, as a special public holiday in Southern Leyte.

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 22nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant

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