MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Administrative Order No. 38, June 4, 1946 ]
CREATING AN AGRARIAN COMMISSION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAYS AND MEANS FOR THE PERMANENT SOLUTION OF THE AGRARIAN PROBLEMS OF THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, the landlord-tenant conflicts in the agrarian regions of the Philippines have contributed to the unsettled conditions of peace and order;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create and constitute an Agrarian Commission which shall be composed of the following:
| Faustino Aguilar |
– |
Chairman |
| Eduardo Cojuanco |
– |
Member |
| Quirino Abad Santos |
– |
Member |
| Buenaventura Lopez |
– |
Member |
| Deogracias E. Lerma |
– |
Member |
| Aurelio Quitoriano |
– |
Member |
| Fausto Gonzalez-Sioco |
– |
Member |
| Norberto Maniquis |
– |
Member |
| Felipe Jose |
– |
Member |
| Jose B. Santos |
– |
Member |
| Guillermo E. Espino |
– |
Member |
It shall be the duty of the Commission to find ways and means for the permanent solution of the recurring landlord-tenant conflicts in the agrarian regions of the Philippines and, for this purpose, it shall undertake a thorough and careful investigation of the social and economic problems involved, including a study of the farming methods, sharing and wage agreements, labor conditions, and general standards of living of the tenant-workers, and of the feasibility of purchasing the large estates and their subdivision in convenient parcels and resale to the bona fide tenants cultivating the same.1aшphi1
Each member of the Commission who is not in the Government service shall receive compensation in such amount as will be fixed by the President.
The Commission shall submit to the President of the Philippines its report and recommendations not later than June 30, 1946.
The Commission is hereby empowered and authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such information as it may require in the performance of its functions, and for the purpose of securing such information, it shall have access to and shall have the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records of such departments, bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the Government.
Done at the City of Manila, this 4th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the eleventh.
(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office
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