Administrative Order No. 13

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 13, October 12, 1946 ]

CREATING A COMMISSION, TO BE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE PORT COMMISSION, TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE CREATED UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 35, DATED 29 MAY 1946, AND TO ACT AS THE AGENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES IN CONNECTION WITH THE REHABILITATION, IMPROVEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF PORT AND HARBOR FACILITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES UNDER SECTION 303(a) OF THE PHILIPPINE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1946

WHEREAS, under Section 303(a) of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, the program for the rehabilitation, improvement and construction of port and harbor facilities in the Philippines will be carried out after consultation with the Philippine Government; and

WHEREAS, it is convenient that an agency of the Republic of the Philippines be specifically created to as act as liaison between our Government and the agencies of the Government of the United States of America charged with the duty of carrying out the program above referred to.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reconstitute the Committee created under Administrative Order No. 35, dated 29 May 1946, into a Philippine Port Commission, to be composed of the following:
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The Undersecretary of Public Works and Communications Chairman

The Collector of Customs Vice-Chairman

Mr. Vicente Fragante Member

Major Enrique Razon Member

Commander Chick Parsons, Manager, Luzon Stevedoring Company Member

Mr. Jose Fernandez , Managing Director, Compañia Maritima Member

Mr. L. B. Jepson, General Agent, American President Lines, Ltd. Member

The Philippine Port Commission shall perform the functions vested in the Committee created under Administrative Order No. 35, dated 29 May 1946, and, in addition, shall be the agency of the Republic of the Philippines to consult and deal with the agencies of the Government of the United States of America charged with the duty of carrying out the program for the rehabilitation, improvement, and construction of port and harbor facilities in the Philippines as provided in Section 303(a) of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946.

The departments, bureaus or offices concerned shall furnish to the Commission such technical and clerical assistance, data, and information as it may require in connection with the performance of its duties and the Commission shall have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers or records of said departments, bureaus, or offices.

Done at the City of Manila, this 12th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office

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