Pursuant to the provisions of section one thousand six hundred ninety-nine of the Revised Administrative Code, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct each and every office, bureau, or branch of the Government to turn over to the Director of the National Library all such public records, papers, and documents as are considered to be of historical importance for safekeeping in the National Library. Duplicate copies of such records, papers, or documents to be turned over to the National Library shall, however, be retained and kept in the office or bureau concerned for ready reference. In case of difference of opinion as to whether a paper, document, or public records is of historical importance, the matter shall be submitted to the Board on documents whose decision thereon shall be final.

Done at the City of New York, U.S.A. (for the City of Manila), this fourteenth day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second.


By the President:

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
Secretary of the Interior