Proclamation No. 216, s. 1937

MALACAÑANG PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 216

FIXING SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1938, AS CENSUS DAY

Whereas, a general census of the population and the social and economic condition of the Philippines is essential for proper study and planning for the future welfare of our people; and

Whereas, Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred seventy prescribes that the President of the Philippines shall by proclamation fix a day to be known as Census Day on which the collection of such statistics shall be begun;

Now, therefore, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred seventy, do hereby fix Saturday, the sixteenth of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, as Census Day, on which the enumeration of population and the collection of data pertaining to agriculture shall begin throughout the Philippines and shall proceed on consecutive days thereafter,^ including Sundays and holidays, until completed: Provided, That the taking of census data on geography, lands, forestry, fisheries, mines, manufactures, construction, commerce, transportation, communica­tions, services, institutions, finance, and government may be begun January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight: Provided, further, That in order to accomplish this census in an economical and efficient manner, the Census Commissioner is hereby authorized to utilize the services of teachers of the Bureau of Education and any other officers and employees of the National, provincial, city, or municipal governments for the work of enumeration and inquiry whenever practicable.

I hereby call upon all persons and entities domiciled in the Philippines to extend their support and cooperation in this undertaking with a view to making the census of the Philippines a complete success. To this end, all persons, officers, partners, associates, members, or stockholders of any corporation, association, partnership, institution, business enterprise, or group to whom any census form may be sent to be filled out are hereby enjoined to give the data called for and to return such census form to the Commissioner of the Census as soon as possible, but not to exceed thirty days from the receipt of said form.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second.

MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
Secretary of the Interior