Proclamation No. 217 (1950)

MALACAÑANG

Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 217

DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 15 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 be placed on a higher level, I, Elpidio Quirino, President Of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the National Committee on Clean-Up-Week, do hereby designate the period from November 9 to November 15 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 | Chairman Undersecretary of the Interior | Member Director of Health | Member Director of Public Schools | Member Director of Private Schools | Member Manager, Philippine National Red Cross | Member Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts 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 Chapter Administrator, Philippine National Red Cross | Member Local Scout Executive, or Provincial Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, if any | Member To be designated by the Chairman | Secretary

Chartered City Committee

City Mayor | Chairman City Health Officer | Member City Engineer | Member City Treasurer | Member City Superintendent of Schools | Member City Chief of Police | Member Representative, Philippine National Red Cross | Member President, Women’s Club | Member Local Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philip­pines, if any | Member To be designated by the Chairman | Secretary

Municipal Committee

Municipal Mayor | Chairman President, Sanitary Division | Member Municipal Treasurer | Member Supervisor or Principal of Local Public Schools | Member Principal of Local Private High School, if any | Member Chief of Police | Member President, Women’s Club | Member President, Parent-Teacher Association | Member Municipal Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of the Philippines | Member To be designated by the Chairman | Secretary

The above committees 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.

This Proclamation supersedes Proclamation No. 20, dated January 13, 1947.

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 3rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

TEODORO EVANGELISTA

Executive Secretary