[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 76, December 16, 1948 ]

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO IMPLEMENT EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 145, DATED JUNE 19, 1948, AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 190, DATED DECEMBER 16, 1948, CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PUPILS AND STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS WITH WHICH TO FINANCE THE RESTORATION OF THE RIZAL HOME IN CALAMBA, LAGUNA, AND DAPITAN PARK IN ZAMBOANGA



By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Committee composed of the following:

Hon. Prudencio Langcauon

Chairman

Hon. Manuel Lim

Vice-Chairman

Dr. Cecilio Putong

Member

Dr. Manuel L. Carreon

Member

Mr. Juan F. Nakpil

Member

Dr. Herminio Velarde

Member

Mr. Joaquin de San Agustin

Member

Hon. Dominador Chipeco

Member

Hon. Felipe Azcuna

Member


The Committee is hereby authorized to take charge of the campaign in public and private schools for funds with which to finance the restoration of the Rizal home in Calamba, Laguna, and of Dapitan Park in Zamboanga in accordance with Executive Order No. 145, dated June 19, 1948, as amended by Executive Order No. 190, dated December 16, 1948. For this purpose, it may publish and disseminate such educational materials as may be useful or desirable to make the pupils and students in schools understand the purpose of the campaign or otherwise appreciate fully its significance.

At the end of the campaign period on December 31, 1949, the Committee shall receive from the school officials or schools and colleges concerned the money thus collected and deposit it in trust in the Philippine National Bank.

On the basis of the total collection, and with the advice of the Director of Public Works, the Committee shall draft a plan, including an itemized list of the approximate expenses necessary to carry it out, for the restoration of the aforecited Rizal home in Calamba, Laguna, and of Dapitan Park in Zamboanga, and submit such plan to the President of the Philippines not later than February 28, 1950.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary