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The Cabarrus County Commissioners met at a called meeting Monday, May 29, 1972, 12:30 P. N. at the Courthouse. Present were Chai~nan Hawfield, Commissioners Gallimore, McClary, James, and Ha~mett. Attorney John Boger presented an ordinance to County Commissioners authorizing the Chairman of the County Commissioners of Cabarrus County to proclaim the existence of a state of emergency and impose a curfew. McClary made motion, Hammett seconded vote carried, to adopt the following ordinance: AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CABARRUS COUNTY TO PROCLAIM THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND IMPOSE A CURFEW DURING THE SAME. BE IT ORDERED by the County Commissioners of the County of Cabarrus: Section 1. State of emergency; curfew authorized. (a) A state of emergency shall be deemed to exist whenever, during times of great public crises, disaster, rioting, catastrophe, or similar public emergency, for any reason, County public safety authorities are unable to maintain public order or afford adequate protection for lives, safety or property. (b) In the event of an existing or threatened state of emergency endangering the lives, safety, health and welfare of the people within the County of Cabarrus, or threatening damage to or destruction of property, the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a public proclamation declaring to all persons the existence of such a state of emergency, and in order more effectively to protect the lives, safety and property of people within the County to define the impose a curfew applicable to all persons within the jurisdiction of the County as provided by the General Statutes of North Carolina. (c) The Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to limit the application of such a curfew to any area specifically designated and described within the limits of the County and to specific hours of the day or night; and to exempt frc~n the curfew law enforcement, firemen, doctors, nurses and such other classes of persons as may be essential to the preservation of public order and immediately necessary to serve the safety, health and welfare needs of the people within the County. (d) The Chairman of the Board of County Cc~mnissioners shall proclaim the end of such state and curfew as soon as circumstances warrant or when directed to do so by the Board of County Commissioners. (e) During the existence of a proclaimed state of emergency when a curfew has been imposed, it shall be unlawful for anyone subject to such curfew: 1. to be or travel upon any public street, alley or road- way or upon public property, unless in search of medical assistance, food, or other commodity or service necessary to sustain the well- being of himself or his family or some member thereof; 2. to possess off one's own premises, buy, sell, give away, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any explosives, fire- arms ammunition, or dangerous weapon of any kind; 3. to sell beer, wines, or intoxicating beverages of any kind; or to possess or consume the s~eme off one's own premises; 4. to sell gasoline or any other similar petroleum products, or any other flammable substances, except as expressly authorized by the provisions of the curfew imposed; 5- to violate any other provisions or restrictions imposed by the curfew. Section 2. Any person violating any provisions of the ordinance shall be quilty of a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment not exceed- ing thirty (30) days as provided by N toE,th Carolina General Statutes 14-4. Section 3. This ordinance shall be effective upon its adoption.