Administrative Order No. 78




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 78, September 27, 1938 ] CREATING A COMMONWEALTH TRIUMPHAL ARCH COMMITTEE Pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of Commonwealth Act No. 393, there is hereby created and constituted a committee to be known as the Commonwealth Triumphal Arch Committee. The Committee herein created shall be composed of the following members who shall serve without compensation: Hon. Jorge B. Vargas, Chairman Mr. Antonio Toledo, Member Hon. Juan Posadas, Member Hon. Hermenegildo Atienza, Member Mr. Pedro Franco, Member Mr. Fernando Sison, Member. Mr. Juan Quintos, Member Mr. Gil Puyat, Member, and Mr. Patrocinio Valenzuela, Member and Secretary The Committee shall take charge of the work relative to the erection of the Commonwealth Triumphal Arch, including the determination of an appropriate design for the Arch, the selection of the most adequate site in the City of Manila in which to erect the same, and the expenditure of the funds appropriated therefor. The Committee is hereby authorized to appoint and organize as many subcommittees as may be necessary to enable said Committee to carry out the work entrusted to it.1âшphi1 The Committee shall meet at such times and places as may be designated by its Chairman and shall submit its report and recommendations to the President at the earliest practicable date. Done at the City of Manila, this 27th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the third. (Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON President of the Philippines The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation