Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, SERGIO OSME A, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Council of State whose duty shall be to advise the Chief Executive in such matters of public policy as he may from time to time lay before it. The President of the Philippines shall be the presiding officer of the Council of State. Until otherwise ordered by him, it shall consist of, besides himself, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Heads of the Executive Departments, the Secretary of the President and such other persons as may from time to time be appointed and summoned by him.

The provisions of Executive Order No. 144, dated March 17, 1938, and such other executive orders or portions thereof in so far as they may be inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.

Done at the City of Manila, this 14th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the tenth.


By the President:
(Sgd.) JOSE S. REYES
Secretary to the President