LAUDENCIO TORIO, GUILLERMO EVANGELISTA, MANUEL DE GUZMAN, ALFONSO R. MAGSANOC, JESUS MACARANAS, MAXIMO MANANGAN, FIDEL MONTEMAYOR, MELCHOR VIRAY, RAMON TULAGAN, all Members ! "#e M$%&'&(al C$%'&l ! Malas&)$& &% *++, Malas&)$&, -a%as&%a%, (e"&"&%ers, *+/0 O'" 12 *s" D&3&s&% G.R. N. L41+++25G.R. N. L426*02 DECISION
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These Petitions for review present the issue of whether or not the celebration of a town fiesta authorized by a municipal council under Sec. 2282 of the Municipal Law as embodied in the Revised dministrative dministrative !ode is a "overnmental "overnmental or a corporate or proprietary function of the municipality.
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