Upon the petition of all parties concerned, and it appearing that the municipality of La Paz, Province of Leyte is not in a position to pay for the expenses of the special election called under Proclamation No. 425 dated November 28, 1953, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby revoke said Proclamation No. 425, and declare the same inoperative.

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 15th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary