Proclamation No. 556, s. 1959

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 556, February 11, 1959 ]

DECLARING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1959, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY, IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR

WHEREAS, the eighty-seventh anniversary of the martyrdom of Father Jose Burgos falls on February 17, 1959;

WHEREAS, the people of Ilocos Sur, his birthplace, desire that they be given full opportunity to observe the event with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Tuesday, February 17, 1959, as a special public holiday in the province of Ilocos Sur.

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 11th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

ENRIQUE C. QUEMA
Assistant Executive Secretary