MALACAÑANG
Manila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 217
DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 15 OF EACH YEAR AS CLEAN-UP-WEEK AND CREATING COMMITTEES FOR THE PURPOSE.
In order to properly imbue the people of the Philippines with the importance of cleanliness and so that public health and sanitation may be placed on a higher level, I, Elpidio Quirino, President Of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the National Committee on Clean-Up-Week, do hereby designate the period from November 9 to November 15 of each year as Clean-Up-Week. All public officials, civic entities, and the people in general shall cooperate in and contribute to the proper observance of Clean-Up-Week.
The following committees, which shall be in charge of the programs to be observed during the Clean-Up-Week, are hereby created:
National Committee
| Undersecretary of Health |
Chairman |
| Undersecretary of the Interior |
Member |
| Director of Health |
Member |
| Director of Public Schools |
Member |
| Director of Private Schools |
Member |
| Manager, Philippine National Red Cross |
Member |
| Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philippines |
Member |
| City Health Officer of Manila |
Secretary |
Provincial Committee
| Provincial Governor |
Chairman |
| District Health Officer |
Member |
| District Engineer |
Member |
| Provincial Treasurer |
Member |
| Division Superintendent of Schools |
Member |
| Chapter Administrator, Philippine National Red Cross |
Member |
| Local Scout Executive, or Provincial Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, if any |
Member |
| To be designated by the Chairman |
Secretary |
Chartered City Committee
| City Mayor |
Chairman |
| City Health Officer |
Member |
| City Engineer |
Member |
| City Treasurer |
Member |
| City Superintendent of Schools |
Member |
| City Chief of Police |
Member |
| Representative, Philippine National Red Cross |
Member |
| President, Women’s Club |
Member |
| Local Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, if any |
Member |
| To be designated by the Chairman |
Secretary |
Municipal Committee
| Municipal Mayor |
Chairman |
| President, Sanitary Division |
Member |
| Municipal Treasurer |
Member |
| Supervisor or Principal of Local Public Schools |
Member |
| Principal of Local Private High School, if any |
Member |
| Chief of Police |
Member |
| President, Women’s Club |
Member |
| President, Parent-Teacher Association |
Member |
| Municipal Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of the Philippines |
Member |
| To be designated by the Chairman |
Secretary |
The above committees are hereby empowered to appoint such sub-committees as may be necessary to carry into effect the objectives of this proclamation
Upon the termination of the Clean-Up-Week, all municipal committees shall submit full reports of their accomplishments to the provincial committees, which shall in turn submit a consolidated report to the national committee. Chartered city committees shall make their reports directly to the national committee. The national committee shall consolidate all reports and submit a concise account of the same to the President of the Philippines.
This Proclamation supersedes Proclamation No. 20, dated January 13, 1947.
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 3rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.
ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary
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