Proclamation No. 20 (1947)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 20, January 13, 1947 ]

DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO FEBRUARY 22 OF EACH YEAR AS CLEAN-UP-WEEK AND CREATING COMMITTEES FOR THE PURPOSE.

In order to properly imbue the people of the Philippines with the importance of cleanliness and so that public health and sanitation may bee placed on a higher level, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Public Welfare, do hereby designate the period from February 16 to February 22 of each year as Clean-up-Week. All public officials, civic entities, and the people in general shall cooperate in and contribute to the proper observance of Clean-Up-Week.

The following committees, which shall be in charge of the programs to be observed during the Clean-Up-Week, are hereby created:

National Committee

Undersecretary of Health and Public Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Chairman Undersecretary of the Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Director of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Director of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member President, Municipal Board, Manila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Manager, Philippine Red Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member National Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member City Health Officer of Manila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Secretary

Provincial Committee

Provincial Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Chairman District Health Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member District Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Provincial Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Division Superintendent of Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Provincial Provost Marshal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Representative, Philippine Red Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Provincial Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines, if any . . . . . . . | Member To be designated by the Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Secretary

Chartered City Committee

Undersecretary of Health and Public Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Chairman Undersecretary of the Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Director of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Director of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member President, Municipal Board, Manila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Manager, Philippine Red Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member National Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member City Health Officer of Manila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Secretary

Municipal Committee

Municipal Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Chairman President, Sanitary Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Municipal Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Supervisor of local public schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Principal of local private high school, if any . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Chief of Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member President, Women’s Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Member Municipal Scoutmaster, Boy Scout of the Philippines, if any . . . . . . . | Member To be designated by the Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Secretary

The above committee are hereby empowered to appoint such sub-committees as may be necessary to carry into effect the objectives of this proclamation.

Upon the termination of the Clean-Up-Week, all municipal committees shall submit full reports of their accomplishments to the provincial committees, which shall in turn submit a consolidated report to the national committee. Chartered city committees shall make their reports directly to the national committee.The national committee shall consolidate all reports and submit a concise account of the same to the President of 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 at the City of Manila, this 13th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, 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