WHEREAS, the Provincial Board and the Mayors' League of Abra
in a meeting held on February 8, 1974, adopted a resolution, the full
text of which follows:
"WHEREAS, the bridge that is being built across the Abra
River at Barrio Bumagcat, Tayum and Barrio Mudiit, Dolores is about to
be completed;
"WHEREAS, this bridge, one of the longest in the
Philippines, is a vital link in the Abra-Kalinga-Cagayan Valley national
highway;
"WHEREAS, this bridge plays an important role in the
promotion of trade and commerce between Kalinga-Apayao and the Cagayan
Valley, on one hand, and the Ilocos provinces on the other;
"WHEREAS, this bridge symbolizes the unprecedented
progress attained by the infrastructure program of His Excellency,
President Ferdinand E. Marcos;
"WHEREAS, the late Assemblyman Don Mariano Marcos of
Ilocos Norte, while heading the pacification campaign in the Ilocos
provinces during the early days of the Japanese Occupation won the
hearts and admiration of the people of Abra through his timely
intercession, his convincing pleas for unity in the face of a political
crisis, and his pragmatic approach in extending the much needed material
assistance to a downtrodden people, thereby fortifying their faith and
bolstering their morale;
"NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved, as it is hereby
resolved, by the Provincial Board and the Mayors' League of Abra in a
joint meeting held at the Capitol Building, Bangued, Abra this eighth
day of February 1974 and acting in behalf of the people of this
province, to petition His Excellency, President Ferdinand E. Marcos, to
name the new bridge, Don Mariano Marcos Bridge, in memory of the man
who, during those critical days of the Japanese Occupation, saved a
vanquished people from the mire of despair into which they were
arbitrarily cast by their victors;" and
WHEREAS, it will be more in compliance with the desire and
sentiment of the provincial and local officials of the Province of Abra
that said request be accommodated;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution,
do hereby decree and order that the bridge span across the Abra River
linking the municipalities of Tayum and Dolores, Abra, be named the "Don
Mariano Marcos Bridge."
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City
of Manila, this 27th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E.
MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO
MELCHOR
Executive Secretary