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out, except those which are SO r,
ouced IN intensity and concealed 8;
may be permitted or approved by TIA
Director of the Office of Civilian Ut
tense of the City of Wyandotte.
8. Nothing in this ordinance con
tanned shall operate to limit the au
thority Of any police officer, air raj,
warden or other duly authorize,
Offlcer to prescribe the place and man
ner OF the parking or storage of suci.
vehicle or vehicles, in which event
operators of vehicles shall imme-
diately comply with the lawful di-
rections of such officer or officers
Section B. Unauthorized Warning
or All-Clear Signal Prohibited
No unauthorized person shall oper
ate a siren or other device so as to
simulate blackout signal or air raid
or the termination of blackOut or
air raid.
Section o. No Municipal or Private
Liability
This ordinance is an exercise by
the City of its governmental func-
tiOns for the protection and preser-
walton of the public peace, health
and safety and the defense of the
land in time of war and neither the
City of Wyandotte, the agents, of
ficers and employees thereof, volun-
teer workers under the Jurisdiction
of the Office of Civilian Defense of
the City of WyandOtte nor any in
dividual, receiver, firm, partnership.
corporation, association or trustee or
any of the agents thereof in good
faith carrying out. complying with
or attempting TO comply with this
ordinance. or with any rule, order or
regulation promulgated pursuant to
the provisions of this ordinance OF
any authorized person hereunder OF
called upon to assist in enforcing
same, shall be liable for any damage
sustained to person or property as
the result of said activity.
section 10. Lights During Black
out Declared Public Nuisance
Any light displayed or allowed to
remain visible TO the outside con-
trary to any ordinance or contrary to
any order, rule or regulation prOmul-
gated pursuant to the provisions of
this ordinance constitutes and is
ance and when deemed necessary, in
order to protect life or property dur
ing a blackOut or afr raid, the police
or special police authorized as such
or air raid and blackOut personnel
employed and granted special police
powers are authorized and directed
10 enter upon any premises within
the City of WyandOtte, using such
reasonable force as may be neceS-
sary and eXtinguish lights or take
other necessary action to make ef-
fective any provision of this Ordin-
ance or any rule, order or regula-
ton promulgated pursuant to the
provisions of this ordinance. Any
person refusing to permit or resist
ing the entrance of such authorized
policeman or other person to any
room or premises for the purpose of
extinguishing lights or taking other
necessary action shall be guilty of a
violation of this ordinance and shall
be punished as hereinafter provided.
Section II. Practice BlackOut or
Air Raid Drill
Whenever any practice blackOut
or air raid drill has been ordered by
the Mayor or by the Army or Navy,
all of the provisions of this ordinance
and all of the orders, rules and regu-
lations made and promulgated pur-
suant to the provisions hereof shall
apply as effectively as they shall APP
ply to blackout and air raid alarms
caused by the presence or attempted
presence of enemy. except as pro-
vided in Section 3, paragraph (e)
hereof.
Section IL. General Orders, Rules
and Regulations Issued BY The
Mayor
When deemed necessary for the
protection of the public peace. health
and safety. the Mayor shall make
such orders, rules and regulations
concerning the matters covered by
the ordinance, in addition to these
prescribed herein, which shall have
the force and effect of law until re-
pealed by the City Council of the
City of WyandOtte. All such orders.
rules and regulations issued here
under by the Mayor. shall be in writ
ing and shall be available for public
inspection at the City Hall during
the regular business hours OF the
City of Wyandotte.
Section IL. Penalties for Violation
Any person. firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions OF
this ordinance or violating the pro-
visions of any order, rule or regula-
ton issued and promulgated pur-
suant to the provisions of this ordin-
ance shall, upon conviction thereon,
be subjected to a fine not exceeding
the sum of $4,000, or imprisonment
in the Detroit House of Correction
for period of not exceeding go days,
or both such fine and Imprisonment
in the discretion of the Court.
Section IA. Immediate Effect
This Ordinance is declared to be
necessary for the preservation OF the
public peace, health and safety and
is hereby given immediate effect.
On the question Shall This Or
dinance Now Pass" the following
vote was recorded.
Roll Call:
as-Councilmen Benin. Brohl,
Burke. Mason, Schultz, Wagar.
Nays-NOne.
LOUIS w. Benin,
Mayor.
LAWRENCE J. LaCOURSE,
CITY Clerk.