Proclamation No. 978, s. 1972

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 978, February 29, 1972 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1972, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BATAAN.

WHEREAS, Thursday, March 2, 1972, marks the 125th birth anniversary of the late Chief Justice Cayetano Arellano, first Filipino Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting to honor the distinguished jurist whose service in the highest magistracy of the land for more than twenty-two years was characterized by the highest degree of erudition and integrity;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Thursday, March 2, 1972, as a special public holiday in the province of Bataan, the birthplace of the late Chief Justice.

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 29th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary