Proclamation No. 21, s. 1947

MAI-A.CAfrIAIV PA]-ACE MANILA BY T}1!, PRESIDEI\IT OF TTIE PI-iII'PPI}IES ,/ PitCCL.:j';ATI0l'i F,A. 4 / DESIGI{ATII\IG Ti{E PiAIOD FRUFi FEBRU^{RY 15 T0 i: itcFi 15, I'(IiJETEEIj HUi,,iDRlilJ Ai;D F TY SEVlii{, AS THfl irltP'IOD FilR TFIE NATICIfAL iiUND CA.T;iFATGN OF TI{E BOY SCOUTS CIF TFjE PHILIFFII.;ES iiiHf,ffiA$, tire Boy Scouts of the Philipp_i_nesJ-a pu-blic corporation ereated under Cornmonwealth ect I{o. 111 for the purpose of pronoting the cnaracter development and citi}en;hip training of Filipino-youti:, . plans. to 9on- duct a natl-on-ivlde danpaign for funds vrith vrhich to main- r-oin qrlA rn 6-/nrn nn .tiherwise devglOp essentia]- serv-UaJIII ctU-L{ lrU t Yrlrljclfr va vvrrvr vr4uv ices necessaiy f6r lie accoliiplisiirlent of its missionl lfuiiERlIAS, the past achievenents of the Organi-zation in advancing the sbund physical, mental and rnoral gror"rth ^-r. Tl.i r + ; .l^ h,.,r t rrarvrv uols have emphasized th.e need f or our people -+^ .irrn ..i+ Leir continubd noral encouragersent and naterialUU SLVE IU UIII supiort so that it riiay be able io carry _of ils ircr5 .effec- tively and continuousiy in 'bhe face of all ti'ie serlous handi-iaps under rshich 6ur children live today; tru'HERilaS, ihe Boy Scouts of the Fhilippines.is in need of funds to carry on its norrrral operations; to intensify - - its traini-ng and recrultsrent progran so tha!' Scouting rrould becorne evailable to t,ire otirer thousands of Filipino boys who shoul-d be enrolled in the Qrganization; to plan and prornote other programs of activity- for tire greater bene- fit of its rrenibers; and to rfteet obligations as they arise under its nevr status as a full-fledged nientber of the In- ternational Bureau of the Boy Seout i':overient; i{tiEREAS, the proposed fund canipaign offers a distinct opportunity for tire people to expres J +n a concrete way, t,iibir appr"eciation fbr ii:e good r,vork being done by.the Organiz}fion, and to secure for it'; e means by urhich it cail reach and irain every boy in tlie l-and- in tl:e ways of responsible, patriotic anc God-feari g citizensirip; ! tlcw, T1{EB.;FC'RE, r, 1+\iilui:L RtiliAS, President of the Phittrppin"s, do hereby dgsiS;na.t9. t"td set aside lhe per'iod frorn Fbbruaiy li to lfirch 1j, Lgl+7, as a special one for Date uploaded: November 24, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph ,:v ;r ii II lr 2 the cond.uct of the 19&7 Natj Boy Scouts of the PhiliPPin< puiposes above mentioned. I iovbrnnient officials and enl iesidents of tne PhrliPPiner ippines and in every tralk of' "iiopiien n"o io eiv6 their special and "general support "o tfrE tn Orgailization may- be assured of funds to a*"ry on its r,v[rk in every nook and corner of *r,he land and aciniinister its prograiii to the greatest possible number of our :iouths of Scout age' IFi '#iTi!E-qS and caused iire to be affixed. Done in the Uitli of in the year of Cur Lord, and of the ft:dePendence By tire President: EI.:IL]O ;iBELLO Chief of tire Executive Office 1,.JilEfi,li0F, I ha-ve hereunto aff ixg{ my hand seal of the Republic of the Philippines I,:anila, thi s l+ daY of JanuarY , nineteen hundred and forty-seven of the PhidiPPines, tire first. s --l= Date uploaded: November 24, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph