Administrative Order No. 181 (1956)
Creating a Committee to take charge of the Funeral Arrangements and Burial of Former President Elpidio Quirino
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 181, March 01, 1956 ]
CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND BURIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO.
WHEREAS, former President ELPIDIO QUIRINO passed away unexpectedly on the twenty-ninth day of February, nineteen hundred and fifty-six; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that adequate arrangements be made for the holding of official necrological services and a state funeral for our former President, commensurate with the people’s love and respect for him with the great debt of gratitude that they owe him;
Now, THEREFORE, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee on Funeral arrangements and Burial, composed of the following:
Exec. Sec. Fortunato de Leon ................................................................... | Chairman Senator Fernando Lopez .......................................................................... | Member Senator Quintin Paredes ........................................................................... | " Speaker Protempore Daniel Romualdez ...................................................... | " Secretary Gregorio Hernandez, Jr. ............................................................. | " Secretary Eulogio Balao ............................................................................ | " Justice Alejo Labrador .............................................................................. | " Congressman Eugenio Perez ..................................................................... | " Mayor Arsenio H. Lacson .......................................................................... | " Governor Pedro Singson-Reyes ................................................................ | " Hon. Jose Yulo ........................................................................................ | " Hon. Joaquin M. Elizalde ........................................................................... | " Hon. Teodoro Evangelista ........................................................................ | " Ex-Governor Eliseo Quirino ...................................................................... | " Asst. Exec. Sec. Enrique C. Quema ........................................................... | " Mr. Manuel G. Zamora .............................................................................. | "
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary