PROCLAMATION NO. 426, July 19, 1957

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 426, July 19, 1957 ]

DECLARING TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1957, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, Apolinario Mabini, one of our greatest heroes and patriots, was born on July 23, 1864; and

WHEREAS, it is desirable that the people be afforded full opportunity to celebrate the birthday of the brains of the Philippine Revolution;

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 Tuesday, July 23, 1957, as a special public holiday throughout the Philippines.

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 July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the twelfth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA President of the Philippines

By the President:

FORTUNATO DE LEON Executive Secretary