WHEREAS, a Cultural Treaty between the Republic of the Philippines and the Spanish State was concluded and signed at Manila on the fourth day of March, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the two Governments;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 93, adopted on May 17, 1949, concurred in the making of the aforesaid Cultural Treaty in accordance with the Constitution of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in the said Treaty that it shall enter into force on the date of its signature as a œmodus vivendi  between the High Contracting Parties pending ratification thereof; and

WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged at Manila on the fifth day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-one;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Treaty, a certified copy of which is hereto attached, to be made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Republic of the Philippines and the citizens thereof.

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 9th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary