[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 248, January 02, 1940 ]
FURTHER AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 233, DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1939, ENTITLED FIXING THE MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF PRIME NECESSITY
I. The attached Tables 148, 149 and 150 fixing the maximum prices for Emperador , Sea Gull , Champion , Alta Mar , El Campo , Veribest , Luneta sardines; and Luneta pilchards are hereby appended to and made integral parts of Executive Order No. 233.
2. The maximum prices fixed in Executive Order No. 233 and amendment thereto, for Apollo , Bethlehem , Republic , Youngstown , Globe , Atlas and Zodiac galvanized iron; for plain galvanized wire, 35-lb. coil; for American steel bars; for European steel bars; for common wire nails; for Number One sardines and pilchards; for Mayon and El Asahi sardines; for Libby s , Dutch Baby , Frisian Flag and Farm evaporated milk; for Train condensed milk; and for Hereford corned beef are hereby revised as shown in the attached Tables Nos. 113-147; 150, 151, 152, and 153.
3. The maximum selling prices per tin for Cock , Carabao , Tractora , Rizal and Mabuhay petroleum, in Bontoc, Mountain Province, Iloilo, Davao, and Cebu cities; and in Bogo, Cebu, are hereby revised as follows:
The Gold Cross and Falcon brands of flour shall also be included in the list of first-class flour given in Table 108 of Executive Order No. 237.
4. All retail store owners throughout the Philippines who handle articles for which prices have been fixed in Executive Orders Nos. 233 and 237, in this Order, and in subsequent ones, are hereby required to post in a conspicuous place at the entrance of their stores a complete list of such articles as they may be selling to the public, together with the respective maximum prices for the same.
5. The maximum prices fixed under authority of Commonwealth Act No. 498 shall not apply to purchases made by the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or by any of its subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities, or by the Government of the United States or any of its agencies and instrumentalities.
6. This Executive Order shall take effect in the manner and form provided under paragraph 6 of Executive Order No. 233.
Done at the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.
By the President:
(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President
2. The maximum prices fixed in Executive Order No. 233 and amendment thereto, for Apollo , Bethlehem , Republic , Youngstown , Globe , Atlas and Zodiac galvanized iron; for plain galvanized wire, 35-lb. coil; for American steel bars; for European steel bars; for common wire nails; for Number One sardines and pilchards; for Mayon and El Asahi sardines; for Libby s , Dutch Baby , Frisian Flag and Farm evaporated milk; for Train condensed milk; and for Hereford corned beef are hereby revised as shown in the attached Tables Nos. 113-147; 150, 151, 152, and 153.
3. The maximum selling prices per tin for Cock , Carabao , Tractora , Rizal and Mabuhay petroleum, in Bontoc, Mountain Province, Iloilo, Davao, and Cebu cities; and in Bogo, Cebu, are hereby revised as follows:
1. Bontoc, Mountain Province |
P2.61 |
2. Iloilo City |
2.19 |
3. Davao City |
2.35 |
4. Cebu City |
2.10 |
5. Bogo, Cebu |
2.32 |
The Gold Cross and Falcon brands of flour shall also be included in the list of first-class flour given in Table 108 of Executive Order No. 237.
4. All retail store owners throughout the Philippines who handle articles for which prices have been fixed in Executive Orders Nos. 233 and 237, in this Order, and in subsequent ones, are hereby required to post in a conspicuous place at the entrance of their stores a complete list of such articles as they may be selling to the public, together with the respective maximum prices for the same.
5. The maximum prices fixed under authority of Commonwealth Act No. 498 shall not apply to purchases made by the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or by any of its subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities, or by the Government of the United States or any of its agencies and instrumentalities.
6. This Executive Order shall take effect in the manner and form provided under paragraph 6 of Executive Order No. 233.
Done at the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.
(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President