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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE NATIONAL
DEFENSEJ EMERGENCY PLANS INVOLVING THE
PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH AND SAnTY, DEFIN';'
ING OFFENSES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES.
" BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OCOEE,
FLORIDA I
WHBIUi:J.S, an emergenc,. exist., due to pre.ent war condi-
tions, anel, such tact has been, and iiJ'hereb1 determined b,. the Cit,.
Council ot the Cit,. ot Ocoee, Florida, ,
NOW THEREFORE, be it turther ordained b,. the City Coun-
cil of the Cit,. of Ocoee, Floridal
SECTION 1. Whenever blackouts are callea. b,. the Arm,.
Intercepte>:v Command, _, or proper State otticial., it shall be the
dut,. of the citizens ot the Cit,. ot Ocoee to cooperate and obe,.
the rules and regulations ot the Ar.m,. and otti~ial. ot the State
otFlorida, tor the protection ot Public peac., health aad .at.t,.
in t1me of national e~.rgency; and in conn.ction with tbe ....rl
invested in h1m by la., the Chiet ot Polic', ma1 call on ul. i.-
habitants of the City, over the age of eighte.n ,..-.r., to ail. 1.
enforcing such rules and regulations, and t~the1' in luch eonn.c-
tlon, the Chier Of Police may call tor.assietaDo. upea .7....1.a-
tlons such as the local chapter of the'.erlean R.. O",S, the
Oil-ange County Nat~onal Defense Council, local Poata of lIMa ....,.1-
oan Legion and ot the Veterans ot Foreign Wars, aa4 otM.1" natlon-
al .nd local organizations, for special duti.. in cORD..tlon .ith
t~ carrring out of plans for the National Detense, as ma,. b. set
to~tb in such rules and regulations.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful to ,. .ilfully reJuee or
..Sl..t to obey any such rules and regulati... a. proclau.c1b,.
ta. ",.,., otficials and the State ot Florida, or to wllfull'1 r.tuBe
.1' "'18.t to obey any order ot the Chief of Police in connectlon
tlWr.wlth, or an,. call made upon an'1 citizen tor aid in entoroing
tbe .....
SECTION 3. Thi. ordinance shall constitute an exercise
b,. _. Clt,. ot its goverlDllental function. for the protection ot
tJaed,..,:U.e p.ace, health andsatet,., and neither the Cit,. nor an,.
1a4~.scual responding to the regulations la.tully procl~~, or
call".Jtn to a8sist in enforcing tbe same, shall be liable in
a ._1' to~ damag.. in connection therewith.
$Be!ION 4. Violation ot, or failure to comply with an,.
ot t...,.....l.lons of thil ordinance shall be punishable by a fine
not e~".",,,,, '!hree Hundred Dollars ($300),' or b'1 imprisonment in
the .lt11'1.~ BOt; exceed1J1g sixt1 (60) days, or b'1 both such tine
and 1111:1'......'.
nofi.lI 5. '!hi. ordinanoe shall be and become ettective
1mmediat~lT" aa em..ceno,. measure.
Approved b,. the .",.or. '
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Passed by the Oity Council,
Januar,. 19, 1942.