[ PROCLAMATION NO. 171, July 11, 1955 ]
DECLARING FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1955, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF SULU, COTABATO, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, DAVAO, LANAO, BUKIDNON, AND PALAWAN AND IN THE CITIES OF ZAMBOANGA, BASILAN, DAVAO, ILIGAN, AND DANSALAN
In connection with the feast of Id l Aduha (Feast of Sacrifice), of the Muslims, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, July 29, 1955, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Sulu, Cotabato, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Davao, Lanao, Bukidnon, and Palawan and in the cities of Zamboanga, Basilan, Davao, Iligan, and Dansalan.
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 11th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary