Proclamation No. 725, s. 1970

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 725, July 18, 1970 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1970, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS AND IN THE CITIES OF BATANGAS, AND LIPA.

WHEREAS, Thursday, July 23, 1970, marks the birthday of Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic, whose ideals and principles in life are now the nation’s treasured legacy; and

WHEREAS, the people of his province should be given the opportunity to celebrate his birth anniversary with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, July 23, 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 18th day of July, 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