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ORDINANCE NO. 1122 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA RELATING TO RESTRICTED LIGHTING THE C6UNCIL 0F ~HE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION l: J. L. DeWitt, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Commanding Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, by virtus of the authority vested in him by the President of the United States and Executive Order No. 9066, dated February 19, 1942, and pursuant to Public Law 803--77th Congress, approved March 21, 1942, and by virtue of his powers and prerogatives as Commanding General of the Western Defense Command, has issued Public Proclamation No. 10, dated August S, 1942, and effective August 20, 1942, which as amended by Public Proclamation No. 12, dated October 10, 1942, and issued by virtue of the same authority, reads as follows: HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND AND FOURTH ARMY Presidio of San Francisco, C~ifornia TO: PUBLIC PROCLAMATION NO. 10 August $, 1942 The people within the States of Washington, Oregon and California, and to the Public Generally: WHEREAS, by Public Proclamation No. l, dated March 2, 1942, this there were designated and established Military Areas and the armed forces of the enemy have made attacks upon Headquarters, Nos. i and 2; WHEREAS, vessels of the United States traveling along the Pacific Coastal waters and upon land installations within said Military Areas, and it is expected that such attacks will continue; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide maximum protection for war utilities, war materials and war premises located within the States of Washington, Oregon and CAlifornia against enemy attacks by sea and by air; NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. L. DeWitt, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, by virtue of the authority vested in me b2 the President of the United States and by the Secretary of War and my powers and prerogatives as Comm%anding General of the Western Defense Command, do hereby declare that: 1. The present situation requires as a matter of military necessity that a zone of Restricted Lighting be established within Mtlttar3 Areas Nos. i and 2, and that illumination within said Zone of Restricted Lighting be extinguished or controlled in such manner and to such extent as may be necessary to prevent such illumination from aid- ing the operations of the enemy. 2. Pursuant to the determination and statement o f military necessity in Paragraph i hereof, a Zone of Restricted Lighting, as particularly described in Exhibit "A" hereof, and as generally shown on the map made a part hereof and marked Exhibit B, ~s hereby designated