Pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of Commonwealth Act No. 393, there is hereby created and constituted a committee to be known as the Commonwealth Triumphal Arch Committee. The Committee herein created shall be composed of the following members who shall serve without compensation:

Hon. Jorge B. Vargas, Chairman
Mr. Antonio Toledo, Member
Hon. Juan Posadas, Member
Hon. Hermenegildo Atienza, Member
Mr. Pedro Franco, Member
Mr. Fernando Sison, Member.
Mr. Juan Quintos, Member
Mr. Gil Puyat, Member, and
Mr. Patrocinio Valenzuela, Member and Secretary

The Committee shall take charge of the work relative to the erection of the Commonwealth Triumphal Arch, including the determination of an appropriate design for the Arch, the selection of the most adequate site in the City of Manila in which to erect the same, and the expenditure of the funds appropriated therefor. The Committee is hereby authorized to appoint and organize as many subcommittees as may be necessary to enable said Committee to carry out the work entrusted to it. The Committee shall meet at such times and places as may be designated by its Chairman and shall submit its report and recommendations to the President at the earliest practicable date.

Done at the City of Manila, this 27th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the third.