Proclamation No. 639




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 639, October 30, 1940 ] DECLARING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1940, A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY For the purpose of fittingly commemorating the Fifth Anniversary of the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and in order to inculcate in the minds of our people and, especially, of our youth, the importance of, and respect for, this historic event, I, MANUEL L. QUEZON, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the provisions of section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, November 15, 1940, a special public holiday. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1 Done at the City of Manila this thirtieth day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth. MANUEL L. QUEZON President of the Philippines By the President: JORGE B. VARGAS Secretary to the President The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation