§ 15:2. Proclamation of civil emergency.  


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  • Whenever any civil emergency or the threat of same shall occur in the city-parish, and it is deemed necessary in order to suppress the civil emergency, and to protect the public health, safety and welfare, the mayor-president, or in the event of his absence or inability to act, the president pro tempore of the council, shall forthwith proclaim in writing the existence of such civil emergency.

(City Code 1951, Title 15, § 2; Parish Code 1962, Title 16, § 2)