Proclamation No. 639, s. 1940

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 639, October 30, 1940 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1940, A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY

For the purpose of fittingly commemorating the Fifth Anniversary of the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and in order to inculcate in the minds of our people and, especially, of our youth, the importance of, and respect for, this historic event, I, MANUEL L. QUEZON, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the provisions of section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, November 15, 1940, 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 thirtieth day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.

MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President