WHEREAS, the thirtieth day (Tuesday) of December, 1952, and the first day (Thursday) of January, 1953, being holidays, the thirty-first day (Wednesday) of December, 1952, may be declared a special public holiday to enable the people to enjoy an uninterrupted Christmas holiday without prejudice to the public interest;

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 proclaim Wednesday, December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, as a special public holiday.

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 23rd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary