MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 66, June 27, 1947 ]

FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF LUMBER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, the public interest requires that a new and reasonable schedule of ceiling prices be established and fixed for lumber in view of changed conditions and circumstances;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws of the Philippines do hereby order:

Section 1. The following Philippine wood species shall not be sold at retail at more than the maximum price set opposite each:

Ceiling Prices per 1,000
Bd.Ft., Commercial Sizes
Kind of Lumber Rough Sawn Lumber Dressed or Finished Lumber

First Group:

Molave

₱800.00

₱850.00
Narra 780.00 815.00
Dao 640.00 675.00
Ipil 600.00 650.00
Yakal 550.00 600.00
Guijo 420.00 470.00
All other first group 400.00 435.00

Second Group:

Red Lauan and Tanguili

260.00

290.00
Apitong and Palosapis 250.00 285.00
All other second group 270.00 300.00

Third Group:

Almon, Bagtikan, White Lauan
and all other third group

240.00

270.00

Fourth Group:

All fourth group

200.00

230.00

Section 2. Any retailer or vendor of lumber who refuses to sell any of the wood species specified in section 1 hereof, displayed in his lumber yard or place of business, at the price fixed by this Order shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of Commonwealth Act No. 600, as amended.

Section 3. All retailers or vendors of lumber are hereby required to post in a conspicuous place at the entrance of their lumber yards or places of business, or within said premises, a copy of the schedule of prices provided in this Order.

Section 4. All Executive Orders and all Emergency Control Administration Orders or any of the provisions thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with this Order or any of its provisions are hereby repealed.

Section 5. This Executive Order shall take effect July 15, 1947.1a⍵⍴h!1

Done at the City of Manila, this 27th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office


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