Proclamation No. 603




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 603, July 16, 1959 ] AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 19 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1959 WHEREAS, the best interest of the general public health demands that the Philippine Tuberculosis Society continue and pursue more vigorously its program of activities and services for the control and prevention of tuberculosis; WHEREAS, our people are realizing more and more the absolute need for these activities and services, either individually or collectively as in industries, business, and commercial establishments, factories, schools, and communities at large; and WHEREAS, it is thus fitting and proper that the Philippine Tuberculosis Society should get full financial and moral support from our people to be able to carry on its humanitarian mission; NOW, THEREFORE, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Philippine Tuberculosis Society to conduct a national fund and educational drive during the period from August 19 to September 30, 1959. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, irrespective of nationality or creed, to assist in this humanitarian campaign by giving generously of their means so that we may keep the white plague under control. I authorize all the treasurers of provincial, city, and municipal governments, as well as school officials, to accept for the Philippine Tuberculosis Society voluntary contributions and donations and to issue official receipts therefor.1aшphi1 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 16th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth. CARLOS P. GARCIA President of the Philippines By the President: JUAN C. PAJO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation