An Act Providing that the Highway from the City of Manila to the Municipality of Lingayen, Province of Pangasinan, Passing Through the Municipality of Tarlac, Province of Tarlac, and the Municipalities of Villasis, Urdaneta, Sta. Barbara, Calasiao, Dagupan, and Binmaley, All in the Province of Pangasinan, Shall Hereafter be Known as the Macarthur Highway
Macarthur Highway
Year:
1961
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 17, 1961
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This Act designates the highway from the City of Manila to the Municipality of Lingayen, passing through various municipalities in Pangasinan, as the MacArthur Highway. It honors General Douglas MacArthur, recognized as the Liberator of the Philippines.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 3080
An Act Providing that the Highway from the City of Manila to the Municipality of Lingayen, Province of Pangasinan, Passing Through the Municipality of Tarlac, Province of Tarlac, and the Municipalities of Villasis, Urdaneta, Sta. Barbara, Calasiao, Dagupan, and Binmaley, All in the Province of Pangasinan, Shall Hereafter be Known as the Macarthur Highway
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. The highway from the City of Manila to the Municipality of Lingayen, Province of Pangasinan, passing through the Municipality of Tarlac, Province of Tarlac, and the Municipalities of Villasis, Urdaneta, Sta. Barbara, Calasio, Dagupan, and Binmaley, all in the Province of Pangasinan, shall hereafter be known as the MacArthur Highway in honor of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, the Liberator of the Philippines.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961.
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