DECREEING AS FINAL AND BINDING THE DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION ON THE NAMING AND RENAMING OF HISTORICAL EDIFICES AND LANDMARKS
By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby decree as final and
binding all decisions of the National Historical Commission on the
naming and renaming of historical edifices and landmarks: Provided,
That its decision with respect to the naming and renaming of streets
and plazas shall be recommendatory.
All provisions of laws, executive orders or regulations
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the land and
shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of January, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary