Proclamation No. 1983, s. 1980

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 1983

DECLARING TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1980, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN SOUTHERN LEYTE.

WHEREAS, Tuesday, July 1, 1980 marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Province of Southern Leyte; and

WHEREAS, the residents of Southern Leyte should be afforded the opportunity to commemorate the event with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare July 1, 1980, as a special public holiday in Southern Leyte, but the day will be a regular working and school day.

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 24th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant