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146 Ordinance No.609. AN ORDINANCE ~EENDING ORDINANCE NO. 561, ~ND ADDING TWO NEW SECTIONS Nos. ~(a) and 4(b),AND GRANTING POWERS TO THE CENSOR CONMISSIONTO ENABLE SAID COMNISSION TO REQUIRE AND ENFORCE THE PRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION OF FILMS; SCENES;PICTURES; ILLUSTRA- TIONS OR DELINEATIONS ADVERTISED OR PROPOSED TO BE EXHIBITED TO PUBLIC AUDIENCES IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA; CALIFORNIA. The Boexd of Trustees of the City of Santa Ana do ordain as follows: Section 1. That two new Sections shall be added to Ordinance No.561 to be known as Sections b(a) and b(b) and providing for the granting of power to the Censor Commission or smy member thereof to require and enforce the production or exhibition of pictures, films, illustrations or delineations advertised or proposed for public exhibition in the City of Santa Ana. Section b(a). Upon reasonable notice and demand by the unanimous vote of the censor commission, upon any person, firm or corporation, or their agent or employee, who shall undertake, advertise or propose to exhibit any picture, film, illustration, delineation, or other character to any public audience of the City of Santa Aha, the said person, firm or corporation by himself, itself, agents or employees, as the case may be, shall produce, run, show or exhibit for the said commission or any member thereof in whole or in p~rt, at the election of said commission any pic- ture, film, illustration or delineation or production of any chaxacter whatsoever, proposed to be exhibited, displayed or pro- duced to any public audience in the City of Santa Section 4(b) Upon failure or refusal of any person, firm or corporation or their agent or employee to produce or exhibit to said censor commission as provided in the preceding section any picture, film or production whatsoever then said censor com- mission is hereby empowered to prohibit or prevent the same from public exhibition. Section 2. The same penalty provided for in OrdinanceNo, 561, in Section 5 thereof'shall apply to fhe violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3. This Ordinance is deemed one of urgency for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, safety, and morality and shall take effect from and after its passage. Section b. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published once in the "Evening Blade" a newspaper published and generally circulated in said City, and thereupon and there- after it shall take effect and be in force. The above Ordinance was passed and adopted by the affirm- ative vote of at least three Trustees this 21st day of Feb.1916.