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cities aud with the County of Orange for such smergency. .S,E.C,TION 5: Except as above provided in Section 4 hereof, the Emergency Relief Co~nlttee, or its members, as such, shall have no power or authority whatsoever unless and until an emergency is declared to exist in the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 6: Each and every member of the Emergency Relief Con~nittee hereinabove referred to during any declared eme?gency, and in the absence of an expressed declaration to the contrary by the City Council, and when ~uthorized by the Mayor, shall do any and all acts required for the type of relief of which he is in charge, and may incur the necessary expense against the City therefor, and when authorized by the Mayor, and requested by other governmental agencies, such members aud their respective departments shall render and furnish such aid and assistance as shall be directed, to the County of Orange, and other m~nlcip- alities and the iz~habltants thereof. In the event an emergency is declared it shall be the duty of the Emergency Relief Committee to immediately undertake the performance of their duties and ~o meet, either in person or through their named assistant, at a place to be designated by the Mayor, and shall coordinate and synchronize the work of the various members so as to prevent interference and duplication of effort, and to determine the degree of urgency of any work. SECTION 7: The City Council shall authorize and obtain badges, arm bands or other insignia as a means of identification, and said badge or insignia shall be recognized by all. police, fire and other officers as authority for the person wearing the same to pass any police or fire lines. Such badges or insignia shall be retained by the City and the members of the Emergency Relief Committee until an emergency exists when the same may be issued to any person working upon emergency relief work. It shall be unlawful for any person not properly authorized by a member of the Emergency Relief Committee to wea~ or ca~ry auy such badge or tn~signia or any similar badge or insignia, and any person so carrying or wearing about his person without such authority, any badge issued by the City of Santa Aha for emergency relief work or any replica thereof that may be taken for or confo~unded with such official badge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than Three Htmdred ($300.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 8! Any person who fails or refuses to conform to the o~ders of any person lawfully wearing any such badge or insignia shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine cf not more than Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 9:. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections, sub- sections, sentences, clauses or phrases thereof be declared unconstitutional inety