PROCLAMATION NO. 488, February 19, 1958

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 488, February 19, 1958 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1958, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOSOS SUR

WHEREAS, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Father Jose Burgos falls on February 17, 1958; and

WHEREAS, the people of Ilocos Sur, his birthplace, desire that they be given full opportunity to celebrate the event with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, February 17, 1958, as a special public holiday in the province of Ilocos Sur.

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 19th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the twelfth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN C. PAJO Executive Secretary