Fixing Sunday, January 1, 1939, as Census Day

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Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclaimation No. 330

FIXING SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1939, AS CENSUS DAY

Whereas Proclamation Numbered Three hundred and twenty, dated September seventh, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, amending Proclamation Numbered Two hundred and sixty-six, dated March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, fixed Tuesday, November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, as Census Day; and

Whereas in order that the qualifications of all persons who have applied or have been recommended for census supervisors or enumerators may be adequately verified so that only the best qualified persons will be appointed and in order to give ample time for the training of all census supervisors and enumerators:

Now, therefore, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and seventy, do hereby amend Proclamation Numbered Three hundred and twenty, and fix Sunday, January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, instead of November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, as Census Day.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the...

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Summary of Proclamation No. 330

Fixing Census Day
- Proclamation No. 330 amends Proclamation No. 320 and Proclamation No. 266.
- It fixes Sunday, January 1, 1939, as Census Day instead of November 15, 1938.
- The reason for the change is to allow adequate time for:
    - Verifying qualifications of applicants for census supervisors and enumerators.
    - Appointing only the best qualified persons as census supervisors and enumerators.
    - Providing ample time for training of census supervisors and enumerators.
- The legal basis for this Proclamation is Commonwealth Act No. 170.