MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Manila
Proclamation No. 159
DECLARING MONDAY, MAY 23, 1955, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF SULU, COTABATO, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, DAVAO, LANAO, BUKIDNON AND PALAWAN AND IN THE CITIES OF ZAMBOANGA, BASILAN, DAVAO, ILIGAN AND DANSALAN
In connection with the feast of Li-Eedil-Fitr, one of the most important holidays for Muslims, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, May 23, 1955, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Sulu, Cotabato, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Davao, Lanao, Bukidnon and Palawan and in the cities of Zamboanga, Basilan, Davao, Iligan and Dansalan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary
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