[ PROCLAMATION NO. 202, September 26, 1955 ]
DECLARING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1955, AS SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS
WHEREAS, General Miguel Malvar is one of the most heroic figures in our history, being the last Filipino general to surrender in the Filipino-American War; and
WHEREAS, the people of Batangas desire to be given full opportunity to celebrate the 90th birthday of General Malvar on September 27, 1955;
NOW, THEREFORE, 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 Tuesday, September 27, 1955, as a special public holiday in the province of Batangas.
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 26th day of September, 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:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary