Proclaiming the Existence of A Public Calamity in the Municipality of Donsol, Province of Sorsogon
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Proclaiming the Existence of A Public Calamity in the Municipality of Donsol, Province of Sorsogon
Proclamation No. 340
November 7, 1938
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Proclamation No. 340Proclaiming the Existence of a Public Calamity in the Municipality of Donsol, Province of Sorsogon
• Declares the existence of a public calamity in the municipality of Donsol, Sorsogon, as a result of a fire that occurred on October 28, 1938. (Section 1 of Act No. 4164)
• Prohibits and penalizes the hoarding of prime necessities of life and holding them for sale at prices 25% or more higher than the prices one month before the disaster. (Section 1 of Act No. 4164)
• Applies to the following commodities: rice, palay, corn, and building or construction materials.
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Proclaiming the Existence of A Public Calamity in the Municipality of Donsol, Province of Sorsogon
Proclamation No. 340
•November 7, 1938
MALACAÑANG PALACEManila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 340
PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DONSOL, PROVINCE OF SORSOGON
Having found that the fire which visited the municipality of Donsol, Sorsogon, on October twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, has wrought havoc among the inhabitants thereof, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by section one of act Numbered Four thousand one hundred an Sixty-four, entitled "An Act to prevent the excessive increase in the prices of certain prime necessities of life on the occasion of a public calamity, penalizing the violation thereof, and for other purposes," do hereby proclaim that a public calamity exists in the municipality of Donsol, Sorsogon, as a result of said fire and do hereby declare in full force and effect therein the provisions of Act Numbered Four thousand one hundred sixty-four which prohibit and penalize the hoarding of the prime necessities of life and the holding of them for sale at places twenty-five per...
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