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(f) DEFINITION OF "VISIBLE FROM THE SEA". The phrase "visible from the sea", as used herein, is intended and shall be construed to mean and include the followin~: Visible at any time from the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or from the waters of the Straits of Juan de Fuca lying south of a line extending due east from the most southerly point of Vancouver Island and west of a line running due north and south through the easternmost point of the easterly boundary line of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, or visible from any o! those bodies of water located on the shoreline of the State of California, generally known and described as follows: Santa Monica Bay; Santa Barbara Channel; San Luis 0bispo Bay; Estero Bay; and Monterey Bay; Provided, however, that the waters of San Francisco Bay, lying easterly of a line extending from Point Bonita through Mile Rock, is not intended and shall not be construed to be a part of the sea; and solely for the purposes of Section 3 (c) hereof, concerning street and highway traffic, the phrase '~areas visible from the sea", is also intended and shall be construed to mean and include that portion of streets or highways which may not in fact be visible from the sea but which is within areas generally visible from the sea. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Proclamation, or orders issued pursuant thereto, is subject to inmmediate exclusion from the territory of the Western Defense Command, and to the criminal penalties pro- vided in Public Law No. $03, 7?th Congress, approved March 21, 1942, entitled "An Act to provide a penalty hr the violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones." $. The Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board is hereby ~e~ignated as the primary agency to aid in the enforcement of the foregoing provisions. It is requested that the civil law enforcement agencies and State and local govern- mental bodies within the areas affected by this Proclamation assist the Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board in the enforcement hereof. 6. This Proclamation shall become ~ffective August 20, 1942. J. L. DeWITT Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Commanding " SECTION 2: Said Public Proclamation No. 12, in addition to amending Public Proclamation No. l0 as hereinabove set forth, contains the following paragraphs: "B. This proclamation shall become ~ffective October 25, 1942, e~cept those provisions of Subsection 2 (b) (1) hereof, concerning street and highway lights, which shall become effective November 12, 1942. "C. The recitals set forth in the first three paragraphs of said Public Proclamation No. l0 are hereby reaffirmed. Except as hereinbefore expressly amended, all the provisions and determinations expressed in said Public Proclamation No. l0 shall remain in full force and effect.'~