MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 492, February 08, 1952 ]

DIRECTING THE IMPORTATION BY THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT EXCLUSIVELY OF ALUMINUM SULPHATE, CHLORINE, STEEL PIPES AND CAST IRON FITTINGS WITHOUT THE NEED OF ANY KIND OF LICENSE WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY LIMITS OR CONTROLS IMPORTATION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Pursuant to the power vested in me by section 1 of Republic Act No. 650, and the public welfare so demanding, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct the importation by the Metropolitan Water District exclusively of aluminum sulphate, chlorine, steel pipes, and cast iron fittings without the need of any kind of license which directly or indirectly limits or controls importation and foreign exchange. It is understood that the aforesaid articles shall be used by the said corporation solely for the operation of its waterworks and sewage systems.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.1a⍵⍴h!1

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary


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