[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 417, February 24, 1951 ]
FIXING THE CEILING PRICE OF ROASTED GROUND COFFEE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 609, entitled An Act declaring national policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix ceiling prices of commodities and to promulgate rules and regulations regarding prices of commodities to effectuate such policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for the purpose, and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION. 1. The following essential commodity shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling price for importers, wholesalers and retailers set opposite each:
FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)
SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and pf the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.
By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary
SECTION. 1. The following essential commodity shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling price for importers, wholesalers and retailers set opposite each:
SEC. 2. The ceiling price fixed in this Order includes the 7 per cent sales tax and 1 per cent municipal tax.
Commodity
Unit
Importer s price
Wholesaler s price
Retail ceiling price
Roasted ground coffee:
Reliance
24/1-lb.
P49.25/cs.
P53.42/cs.
P2.49/tin
SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and pf the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary