CREATING A GOVERNMENT QUARTERS COMMITTEE
In order to facilitate and coordinate the use and occupancy of National Government buildings, the construction of new quarters, and the rental of privately-owned property for such purposes, I, MANUEL L. QUEZON, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by law, do hereby create a Government Quarters Committee to be composed of the Commissioner of the Budget, as Chairman, and the Auditor General and the Director of Public Works, as members.
The powers and duties of this Committee shall be as follows:
1. To consider and decide upon all objections or appeals that may arise from the assignment of quarters to branches, departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the National Government in public buildings by the Director of Public Works, pursuant to the provisions of section one thousand nine hundred one of the Revised Administrative Code.
2. To act on all applications or proposals to rent privately-owned property for use as offices or storehouses by the National Government.
3. To study and advise the President of the Philippines on the advisability of constructing additional quarters for the National Government in the city of Manila and in the provinces.
Executive Order Numbered Three hundred eighty-seven, series of nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and all other orders and regulations in conflict herewith are hereby revoked.
Done at the City of Manila, this sixth day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second.
(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
Secretary of the Interior
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