Proclamation No. 218, s. 1937

MALACAÑANG PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 218

DECLARING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1937, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY

In commemoration of the day on which the Commonwealth of the Philippines was proclaimed and inaugurated, and in order to impress upon our people and especially upon the youth of the land the importance of this historical event in our national life, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the provisions of section thirty of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, as a special public holiday.

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 fourth day of November, 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