Proclamation No. 659, s. 1970

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 659, March 6, 1970 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1970, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS AND IN THE CITIES OF BATANGAS AND LIPA.

WHEREAS, the seventy-ninth birthday of the late JOSE P. LAUREL, patriot, jurist and statesman, falls on March 9, 1970; and

WHEREAS, the people of Batangas should be given full opportunity to celebrate his birthday with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, acting Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Monday, March 9, 1970, as a special public holiday in the Province of Batangas and in the Cities of Batangas and Lipa.

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 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Acting Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) PONCIANO G. A. MATHAY
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary