Proclamation No. 593 Series of 1940




MALACAÑANG PALACE Manila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Proclamation No. 593 PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8445 OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DATED JUNE 15, 1940, AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8135 OF MAY 15, 1939, RELATING TO APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Whereas the President of the United States issued or June 15, 1940, the following Executive Order No. 8445, amending Executive Order No. 8135 of May 15, 1939, relating to appeals from decisions of the Auditor General of the Philippines to the President of the United States: "By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7 (4) of the act of March 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 456, 461 (U. S. C, title 48, sec 1237), and as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 8135 of May 15, 1939, governing appeals from decisions of the Auditor General of the Philippines to the President of the United States, is hereby amended (1) by substituting for the words ‘within thirty days from the date of the decision appealed from’ appearing at the end of section 1 the words ‘within thirty days from the date on which a copy of the decision appealed from is received by the party presenting the appeal,’ (2) by substituting for the words ‘Bureau of Insular Affairs’ appearing in section 4 the words ‘Division of Territories and Island Possessions,’ and (3) by substituting for the words ‘Secretary of War’ appearing in sections 4 and 5 the words ‘Secretary of the Interior.’ "FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT " "THE WHITE HOUSE, "June 15, 1940." Now, therefore, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby publish the above Executive Order of the President of the United States for the information and guidance of all concerned. Proclamation No. 429, dated August 10, 1939, publishing Executive Order No. 8135, dated May 15, 1939, of the President of the United States, is hereby amended accordingly. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed. Done at the City of Manila, this fifth day of August, 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