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167 APPROVED: ~yor of the City of Santa Ans. On motion of Trustee Smith, the City Council adJourned. seconded by YSat and carried, City Clerk Council Ck~am SantaAna City Hall. Decem0er 7th, 1941. 3:00 P.M. City Council met for a special meeting for the purpose of taking any action necessary for preservation of life and property due to emergency created by war with Japan. Meeting called to order by Mayor Bruns. Present: Trustees Herbert L. Hill, Joseph P. Smith, E. D. Yost, D. W. Kelsey, Plummer W. Stuns. Absent: Trustees None. In Re Proclamation of Mayor Bruns. In Re Guar~ for Protection of Property. In Re Employees of Plants, etc. # On motion of Trustee Kelsey, seconded by Hill an~ carried, the City Council declared a State of Readiness to exist and directed the Mayor of Santa Ana to issue a Proclamation to the effect that a State of Readiness for Emergency exists within this City, by reason of acts of war committed agains~ the United States of America by Japan, in its attacks upon the Territorial Possession of the United States in the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands and calling upon every able bodied citizen to volunteer his or her services for the pro- in tection and preservation of lives and property with/the City # On motion of Trustee Yost, seconded by Hill and carried, the Fire Chief was instructed to communicate with owners of all plants, businesses and public utilities in the City of Santa Ana, who might be vulnerable to acts of saOotage and that proper guards be placed at such plants, saris- to the owners and the Fire Chief. require factory # On motion of Trustee Keleey, seconded by Smith and carried, the Chief of Police was instructed to contact.owners of plants and public utilities and ascertain to his satisfac- including any guards tion the identity, loyalty and competency of all employees/ engaged in occupations around such plan~and public utllitie #