[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 300, September 24, 1973 ]

GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO WILLIAM SHEEHY SCHAARE.

WHEREAS, William Sheehy Schaare, a citizen of West Germany who was born and has lived in the Philippines since birth, has, by his long and continuous service to the Filipino people in the field of technology, proven himself worthy of all the rights, privileges and prerogatives of a citizen of this country; and

WHEREAS, since his birth on November 23, 1937 in Cebu City and his marriage to the former Miss Mabel Daban of Iloilo City, he and his family have decided to make this country their permanent home to which they shall forever owe and pledge their allegiance and loyalty;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby grant Philippine Citizenship to William Sheehy Schaare with all rights, privileges and prerogatives appurtenant thereto.

This Decree is made part of the law of the land and shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
		Acting Executive Secretary