1947 / Jun

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 66 FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF LUMBER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES June 27, 1947

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 66, June 27, 1947 ]

FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF LUMBER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES



WHEREAS, the public interest requires that a new and reasonable schedule of ceiling prices be established and fixed for lumber in view of changed conditions and circumstances;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Manuel Roxas,President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws of the Philippines do hereby order:

SECTION 1.The following Philippine wood species shall not be sold at retail at more than the maximum price set opposite each:

CEILING PRICES PER 1,000 BOARD FEET COMMERCIAL SIZES
Kind of Lumber Dressed or Finished Lumber
 Rough Sawn Lumber 
First Group:  
   
MolaveP800.00P850.00
Narra780.00815.00
Dao640.00675.00
Ipil600.00650.00
Yakal550.00600.00
Guijo420.00470.00
All other first group400.00435.00
   
Second Group :  
Red Lauan and Tanguili260.00290.00
Apitong and Palosapis250.00285.00
All other second group270.00300.00
   
Third Group:  
Almon, Bagtikan, White Lauan and all other third group240.00270.00
   
Fourth Group:  
All fourth group200.00230.00

SEC. 2. Any retailer or vendor of lumber who refuses to sell any of the wood species specified in section 1 hereof, displayed in his lumber yard or place of business, at the price fixed by this Order shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of Commonwealth Act No. 600, as amended.

SEC. 3.All retailers or vendors of lumber are hereby required to post in a conspicuous place at the entrance of their lumber yards or places of business, or within said premises, a copy of the schedule of prices provided in this Order.

SEC. 4.All Executive Orders and all Emergency Control Administration Orders or any of the provisions thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with this Order or any of its provisions are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5.This Executive Order shall take effect July 15, 1947.

Doneat the City of Manila, this 27th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office