WHEREAS, August 19, 1951, the seventy-third anniversary of the birth of the late President Manuel L. Quezon, falls on Sunday; and

WHEREAS, I have been apprised of the people ™s desire to have the following day, Monday, August 20, 1951, declared a special public holiday to enable them to pay their homage to the memory of our illustrious leader;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, August 20, 1951, as a special public holiday.

N 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 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary