WHEREAS, Friday, March 22, 1957, has been designated as the day of the funeral service for the late President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay; and

WHEREAS, it is proper that the people be given an opportunity to attend the burial ceremonies for our departed President;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, March 22, 1957, as a special public holiday throughout the Philippines.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.


By the President:

FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary