By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a committee to investigate the charges filed against Mayor Arsenio H. Lacson of the City of Manila by Messrs. Francis Yuseco, Gonzalo Santos Rivera, Eriberto Remigio, Hermenegildo Gonzaga, Fausto Alberto, Justo Ibay, Leonardo Garcia, Ruperto Cristobal and Marciano Santos, all members of the Municipal Board of the City of Manila, involving dishonesty, oppression and misconduct in office with several specifications. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Vicente G. Sinco, Dean, College of Law, University of the Philippines ...............		Chairman
Hon. Pedro M. Gimenez, Deputy Auditor General ..................................................		Member
Mr. Felix Antonio, Special Prosecutor, Department of Justice .................................		Member

The Committee is hereby granted all the powers of an investigating committee under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation. It is also authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance or information as it may require in the performance of its functions, and for this purpose, it shall have access to, and the right to examine, any books, documents, papers or records thereof.

This Committee shall submit its report and recommendations within the shortest time possible.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary