[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 54, August 10, 1954 ]
AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE CREATED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 76, DATED DECEMBER 16, 1948, AS AMENDED, TO APPROPRIATE FROM ITS COLLECTIONS SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF RIZAL HOME IN CALAMBA THE DAPITAN PARK IN ZAMBOANGA, AND THE RESTORED PORTION OF THE BUILDING AT FORT SANTIAGO WHERE RIZAL SPENT HIS LAST DAY BEFORE HIS EXECUTION.
By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby authorize the Committee created by Administrative Order No. 76, dated December 16, 1948, as amended, to appropriate from its collections such amounts as may be necessary for the maintenance and upkeep of the restored Rizal Home in Laguna and Dapitan Park in Zamboanga, and the restored portion of the building at Fort Santiago where the Rizal Cell is located, from July 1, 1954, until the necessary appropriation shall be provided in the regular budget of the Department of Education. In addition to the payment of wages of the maintenance personnel, the Committee is also authorized to set aside the necessary amounts for its miscellaneous expenses during the same period.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of Aug., in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.
(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary