[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Holley 12-31-1941. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to proclaim and publish, at two days in advance of any national defense activities hereinafter mentioned, rules and regulations, which shall have the force and effect of law, for the conduct and cooperation of citizens in connection therewith. Such activities may include air raid and blackout plans, trial blackouts, emergency Fire, Police and Health Department activities, including trial emergency periods involving plans for the protection of public peace, health and safety in times of national emergency; and the Mayor may call on all inhabitants of the Village of Holley, over the age of 18 years, to aid in enforcing such rules and regulations and further in such connection the Mayor may call for assistance, upon organizations such as the local chapter of the American Red Cross, the local National Defense Council, local posts of the American Legion and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and other national and local organizations, for special duties in connection with the carrying out of plans for the national defense as may be set forth in such rules and regulations.
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Editor's Note: The Village maintains an Emergency Management Plan, on file in the Village offices.
It shall be unlawful to wilfully refuse or neglect to obey any such rules and regulations as proclaimed by the Mayor, or to wilfully refuse or neglect to obey any order of the Mayor in connection or any call made upon any citizen for aid in enforcing the same.
This chapter shall constitute an exercise by the Village of Holley of its governmental functions for the protection of the public peace, health and safety, and neither the Town nor any individual responding to the regulations lawfully proclaimed and published by the Mayor, or called upon to assist in enforcing the same, shall be liable in a suit for damages in connection therewith.
Violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations proclaimed by the Mayor in connection therewith shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $50 or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.