Administrative Order No. 5 (1946)
CREATING A COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE PLACE ON WHICH TO BUILD THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CAPITOL BUILDING OR BUILDINGS
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 5, July 23, 1946 ]
CREATING A COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE PLACE ON WHICH TO BUILD THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CAPITOL BUILDING OR BUILDINGS
By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create and constitute a Committee which shall be composed of the following:
Hon. Melecio Arranz | Chairman Mr. Jose Paez | Vice-Chairman Hon. Raul Leuterio | Member Hon. Salipada Pendatun | Member Hon. Pedro Hernaez | Member Hon. Anastacio Agan | Member Hon. Maximo Noel | Member Hon. Sergio Bayan | Member Mr. Antonio Toledo | Member Maj. Perfecto M. Vasquez | Member Mr. Juan Arellano | Member Mr. Manuel Mañosa | Member Mr. Lino Gutierrez | Member
Mr. Louis P. Croft, Adviser to the President on Land Planning, shall act as adviser of the Committee.
The Committee shall take charge of the selection of the most suitable site on which to build the capital city of the Philippines and the Capitol building or buildings. The Committee shall submit its report to the President not later than August 31, 1946.
Done at the City of Manila, this 23rd of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.
(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office