PROCLAMATION NO. 155, May 02, 1955

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 155, May 02, 1955 ]

DECLARING THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY OF EVERY YEAR AS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE DAY AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF

In order to give impetus to agricultural science which will undoubtedly accelerate Philippine progress and prosperity, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the fifth day of May of every year as Agricultural Science Day to be observed throughout the country, particularly in schools, colleges and universities, with appropriate ceremonies.

The following are hereby designated members of a committee which is hereby created to take charge of the observance of Agricultural Science Day:

The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chairman

The Secretary of Education

Member

The Dean, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines

Member

The President, Central Luzon Agricultural College

Member

The Dean, Araneta Institute of Agriculture

Member

The President, Philippine Association of Agriculturists

Member

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 2nd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARIANO YENKO, JR.

Assistant Executive Secretary