Proclamation No. 132 (1937)
Setting Aside March 1, 1937, as a Day for the Inauguration of the City of Davao, and Declaring It a Special Public Holiday for the Province of Davao
MALACAÑANG PALACE
Manila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 132
SETTING ASIDE MARCH 1, 1937, AS A DAY FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE CITY OF DAVAO, AND DECLARING IT A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO.
By virtue of the powers conferred upon me by law, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside March first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, for the inauguration of the City of Davao, created by Commonwealth Act Numbered Fifty-one, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Two hundred nine.
In order to provide full opportunity for the people of Davao to participate in the celebration of the inauguration of the said city, so that the day may be fittingly observed. March first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, is hereby declared a special public holiday for the Province of Davao.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done at the City of Manila, this twenty-third day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second.
[SEAL]
(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
Secretary of the Interior