PROCLAMATION NO. 494, March 10, 1958

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 494, March 10, 1958 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 5 TO 10, 1958, AS PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY WEEK

WHEREAS, roads and highways being a matter of great public import, it is necessary to pubicize their importance to the nation’s economy;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from May 5 to 10, 1958, as Philippine Highway Week and designate the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, the Commissioner of Public Highways, and the Philippine Better Roads Association to take charge of all arrangements and activities for its fitting celebration 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 10th day of March, 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