Proclamation No. 246 (1967)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 246, August 11, 1967 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1967, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE SUBPROVINCE OF GUIMARAS.

WHEREAS, August 21 marks the first anniversary of the establishment of Guimaras as a subprovince of Iloilo; and

WHEREAS, the people of Guimaras should be given an opportunity to celebrate the event with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, August 21, 1967, as a special public holiday in the Subprovince of Guimaras.

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 11th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary