MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 596, June 16, 1959 ]
DECLARING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1959, 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 MARAWI
In connection with the feast of Eidul Adha, one of the most important holidays for Muslims, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Wednesday, June 17, 1959, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Sulu, Cotabato, Zamboanga del Norte, Zomboanga del Sur, Davao, Lanao, Bukidnon, and Palawan and in the cities of Zamboanga, Basilan, Davao, Iligan, and Marawi.
Muslim officials and employees of the Government, both national and local, performing their duties and functions outside of the provinces and cities above stated, shall be exempted from duty during this feast day which, for purposes of this proclamation, shall be considered as a special public holiday for said officials and employees in their respective stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1
Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.
CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary
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