WHEREAS, the people of the province and the city of Iloilo desire that they be afforded full opportunity to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Graciano Lopez Jaena, one of our outstanding patriots;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Tuesday, December 18, 1962, as a special public holiday in the province and the city of Iloilo.

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 7th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty two.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

SALVADOR L. MARI O
Executive Secretary