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ExecutiveO rder Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight,
dated March tw~lvet nineteen hundred and f-ortYi is hereby MALACANAN PALACE

,modified to the extent herein set forth. MANILA

pone at the City of Manila, this fourteenth day of Sep­

tember; in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

forty-five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

ExECUTIVE ORDER No. 67
SERGIO OSM~A
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the tenth.
,,'i
President of the Phi~ippines PRESCRIBING INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED .
.IN TIRE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DUR.­
By the. President:
ING THE TIME THAT .THE PRESI()ENT IS OUT­
JOSE S. REYES
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SIDE THE PHILIPPINES.
Secretary to the President WHEREAS the public interest requires my presence outside
2940 o the Philippines;
Now, THEREFORE, the following instructions are hereby
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issued 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 the
Constitution and the laws, in the same manner as when he
is within the national territory. The Secretary to the Pre- .
sident shall, as heretofore, sign all papers that are ordinarily
signed by him, by or under the authority of the President.
·2. Each Secretary of Department shall attend to and
decide 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. On
departmental business, which, although within the
of a Secretary of Department, are of such im­
as to· affect'the general policies of 'the Govern­
and, tYterefore, should be the subject of consultation
the President, the Secretary concerned may communi­
for 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 meet

MALACANAN 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 question
submitted, 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
• 4. All official communications to the President, wh~ther
,THE FIELD.
by letter or by cable, shall be tr~nsmitted through or by ~he
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 Pres~dent shall preSIde over all Forces, Pacific, of the termination of hostilities and' the
official 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 by
presentation 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 tenanc~; 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 head~
''Ii' By the President: quarters is not a prerequisite to recognition of guerrill,~.
'JOSE S. REYES units; and '
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'J;; have maintained organized military. forces in the field
In effective opposition to the Japanese, which will be the
. basis for award of such benefits as may be authorized to
members of such units;
Now, THEREFORE, I, Sergio Osmena, President of the Phil­
ippines, by virtue' of the powers vested in me by the Con­
. stitution and laws of the Philippines, do hereby order :
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