Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines , do hereby create a Council of State whose duty shall be to advise the President on such matters of public policy as he may from time to time lay before it. Until otherwise ordered by him, it shall consist of the Vice President of the Philippines, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Heads of the Executive Departments, the Chief of the Executive Office, the Commissioner of the Budget, the President Pro-Tempore of the Senate, the Floor Leader of the Senate, the Floor Leader of the House of Representatives, and such other persons as may from time to time be appointed by him.

Done at the City of Manila , this 12th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines , the first.

 

	(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
	President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office