Proclamation No. 217, s. 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