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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 35, January 03, 1947 ]

PRESCRIBING THE FEES FOR MILLING PALAY

WHEREAS, it is necessary, because of the present emergency, that the fees for milling palay be fixed in order to prevent excessive charges for such service, thus increasing the price of this prime commodity to the ultimate consumer:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and pursuant to the provisions of the Emergency Powers Law, do hereby order that no owner of rice mills shall charge more than one peso (P1.00) for every cavan of rice milled, the by-products to go to the owner of the palay milled.

Any violation of the provisions of this Order shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of Commonwealth Act No. 600, as amended.

Done at the City of Manila , this 3rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.1a⍵⍴h!1

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office

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