Declaring Saturday, March Twenty-Four, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-One, A Special Public Holiday

MALACAÑANG
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 242

DECLARING SATURDAY, MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE, A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

WHEREAS, a petition has been received from the Bankers Association of the Philippines representing that the twenty-fourth day of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, be declared a special holiday.

WHEREAS, the twenty-second day (Holy Thursday) and the twenty-third day (Good Friday) of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, being public holidays, the twenty-fourth day (Saturday) of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, may be declared a special public holiday to the great advantage of the banking houses and without any disadvantage to the public in general;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, and there being in my judgment sufficient reasons therefor, do hereby proclaim Saturday, March twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, as a special public holiday.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the...

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Summary of Proclamation No. 242

Declaring a Special Public Holiday
- Declares Saturday, March 24, 1951 as a special public holiday. (Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code)
- The declaration was made upon the petition of the Bankers Association of the Philippines.
- The reason for the declaration was that March 22 (Holy Thursday) and March 23 (Good Friday) were already public holidays, so declaring March 24 as a special public holiday would be advantageous for banking houses without disadvantaging the general public.