Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Republic Act Numbered Four hundred twenty-two, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

The Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, together with its personnel, properties, funds, records and accounts, is hereby transferred to the Office of the Solicitor General. The powers, duties, functions and activities of the Government Corporate Counsel shall hereafter be assumed and exercised by the Solicitor General who, in addition to his salary provided by law, is hereby given additional compensation of three thousand pesos per annum for such work. The operation expenses of the Corporate Counsel and his personnel shall continue to be paid as heretofore from contributions made pro rata by the corporations and agencies of the Government in such proportion as the Administrator of Economic Coordination may determine.

Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary