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ExecutiveOrder

Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight,

dated March t w ~ l v e t nineteen hundred and f-ortYi is hereby

,modified to the extent herein set forth.pone at the City of Manila, this fourteenth day of Sep

tember; in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred andforty-five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

,,i SERGIO O S M ~ Ahe tenth.President of the P h i ~ i p p i n e s

By the. President:

JOSE S. REYES I ,

Secretary to the President

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MALACANAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ExECUTIVE ORDER No. 67; i ~

PRESCRIBING INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED ..IN TIRE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DUR.

ING THE TIME THAT .THE PRESI()ENT IS OUTSIDE THE PHILIPPINES.

WHEREAS the public interest requires my presence outsidethe Philippines; .

Now, THEREFORE, the following instructions are herebyissued for the conduct of public affairs during my absence!

1. The President of the Philippines shall continue to

exercise all the functions of his office as enjoined by theConstitution an d the laws, in the same manner as when heis within the national territory. The Secretary to the Pre- .sident shall, as heretofore, sign all papers that are ordinarilysigned by him, by or under the authority of the President.

·2 . Each Secretary of Department shall attend to anddecide matters which pertain to his Department and which,under "the law, he may decide. On those matters which. ap'proval of the President, in case urgent action is

such approval shall be obtained by cable. Ondepartmental business, which, although within the

of a Secretary of Department, are of such imas to· affect'the general policies of 'the Governand, tYterefore, should be the subject of consultation

the President, the Secretary concerned may communifor such purpose with the President by cable or other

:onv:enient means of communication.

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The Cabinet shall hold weekly meetings and shall meetMALACANAN PALACE

such other times as may be necessary. The Secretary to MANILA

e President shan preside. Matters which have heretofore en acted upon by the Cabinet shall continue to be consider- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ed and decided by the Cabinet: Provided, however, That, !. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 68

in the absence 'Of unanimity of opinion on any questionsubmitted, no decision shall be taken until it shall have been DEMOBILIZATION OF ELEMENTS OF THE PHILIP-

submitted to the President. . PINE ARMY AND OTHER GUERRILLA UNITS IN,THE FIELD.• 4. All official communications to the President, w h ~ t h e r

by letter or by cable, shall be t r ~ n s m i t t e d through or by ~ h e WHEREAS the Commonwealth Government ,has been ad-'Secretary to the 'President. vised by the Commander-in-Chief, United States Army

5. The Secretary to the P r e s ~ d e n t shall preSIde over all Forces, Pacific, of the termination of hostilities and' theofficial ceremonies, receive and return the official calls of . surrender of Japanese forces; Ame:t;ican and foreign dignitaries in behalf of and in re WHEREAS the Government has further been advised bypresentation of the President. the Commander-in-Chief, United States Army Forces, Pa-

pone at the City of Manila, this twenty-sixth day of cific, that this termination of hostilities and surrender of'September, in the y.ear of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and

the Japanese forces has rendered unnecessary the main.:forty-five, and of the Commonwealth of the PhilipPines, the t e n a n c ~ ; for further field servi¢eof elements of the Army. tenth. of the Philippines in addition to regularly activated units

.SERGIO OSMENA· and of those guerrilla units already recognized;President of the Philippines WHEREAS continued assembly and maintenance of h e a d ~

'Ii' By the President: quarters is not a prerequisite to recognition of g u e r r i l l , ~ .units; and ''JOSE S. REYES

Secretary to the President WHEREAS the demobilization of guerrilla units in the

3117 field will not prejudice the continuance of • recognition of

o such guerrilla units as can produce evidence showing that

,they have maintained organized military forces in the fieldJ;; .

In effective opposition to the Japanese, which will be the. basis for award of such benefits as may be authorized tomembers of such units;

Now, THEREFORE, I, Sergio Osmena, President of the Philippines, by virtue' of the powers vested in me by the Con

. stitution and laws of the Philippines, do hereby order :• _ 3125