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Constitution Hills, Quezon City Time
BY:

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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REGISTRATION UNIT
BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE

HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY: HON. GWENDOLYN F. GARCIA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Last January 6, 2014, the City Council of Toledo City adopted their first
City Resolution for this year. Resolution No. 2014-001 conveyed their request to
their representative in the Philippine Congress to file a legislative measure to
declare their Charter Day as a Special Non-Working Holiday.

Toledo was originally known as "Hinulawan" which derived its name
from the Hinulawan River running across the municipality. It was renamed
Toledo, during its establishment as a new town, borrowing the name from a
province of Spain. One of the earliest recorded history of Toledo, the
“Estadismo" of Fr. Joaquin de Zuniga, reported that Toledo already had a
settled community of a litfle over 500 inhabitants as early as the 1800s.

When the first Philippine Republic was formed under President Emilio
Aguinaldo, Toledo was converted into a district of Cebu Province and
governed by a "Junta Popular’, Following the colonization of the archipelago
(1896-1946), Toledo became a full-fledged municipality when Governor
Francis Burton Harrison signed Act. No. 119 on December 19, 1919.

Toledo saw a few changes during the first 40 years of its independence
as a municipality. Economic growth came to Toledo in the 1950s after the


Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation (ACMDC), one of
the biggest copper mines in the world, started the development of a large
porphyry copper ore plant in Barrio Don Andres Soriano, located nearly
sixteen kilometers from the town’s poblacion.

On June 19, 1960, Toledo became a chartered city under Republic Act
No. 2688. Since then, it has been a long-standing tradition in Toledo City to
celebrate its Charter Day with merriment, meaning, and significance to
provide its hardworking residents the time to reminisce their city's founding
day and to boost their camaraderie as a community of peace-loving
citizens. This bill seeks to designate January 6 of every year as a Special Non-
Working Holiday to benefit the people of the City of Toledo, Province of
Cebu.

The approval of this bill is earnestly requested.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

or
HOUSE BILL NO. 163"

INTRODUCED BY: HON. GWENDOLYN F. GARCIA

AN ACT
DECLARING JANUARY 6 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL NON-WORKING
HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF TOLEDO, PROVINCE OF CEBU, IN CELEBRATION OF ITS
CHARTER DAY

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. January 6 of every year is hereby declared as a special
non-working holiday in the City of Toledo, Province of Cebu to celebrate its
Charter Day. in the event that the charter day falls on a Saturday or Sunday,
the holiday will be observed on the Monday that follows.

SECTION 2. All laws, orders, presidential issuances, rules and regulations
‘or part thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified

accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its
publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.