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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 30, May 28, 1954 ]

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE ACTIVITIES AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE VILLANUEVA STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

There is hereby created a Committee to conduct an inquiry into the activities and transactions of the Villanueva Steamship Company, Inc. which are allegedly contrary to existing laws and public policy, composed of the following:

1. Commodore Jose M. Francisco ............................................................	Chairman
2. Mr. Felix Q. Antonio ...........................................................................	Member
3. Mr. Octavio Posadas ..........................................................................	Member
4. Mr. Emiliano Tanchico ........................................................................	Member
5. Mr. Bernardo Abrera .........................................................................	Member

The Committee is hereby granted all the powers of an investigating committee under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation. It is also authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance or information as it may require in the performance of its functions, and for this purpose, it shall have access to, and the right to examine, any books, documents, papers or records thereof.£A⩊phi£

This Committee shall submit its report and recommendations within the shortest time possible.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary

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