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(b) In the event of any existing or threatened state of emergency endangering the lives, safety, health and welfare of the people within the county or any part hereof, or threatening damages to or destruction of property, the chairperson of the board of commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered under State law to issue a public proclamation declaring to all persons the existence of such a state of emergency, and, in order to more effectively protect the lives and property of people within the county, to place in effect any or all of the restrictions hereinafter authorized. (c) The chairperson is hereby authorized and empowered to limit by the proclamation the application of all or any part of such restrictions to any area specifically designated or described within the county and to specific hours of the day or night and to exempt from all or any part of such restrictions, while acting in the line of and within the scope of their respective duties, law enforcement officers, fireman and other public employees, rescue squad members, doctors, nurses, employees of hospitals and other medical facilities; on- duty military personnel, whether state or federal; on duty employees of public utilities, public transportation companies and newspaper magazine, radio broadcasting and television broadcasting corporations operated for profit; 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 people within the county. Sec. 10-133.- Proclamation imposing,prohibitions and restrictions. (a) The chairperson of the board of commissioners by proclamation may impose the prohibitions and restrictions specified in sections 10-134 through 10-138 in the manner described in those sections. The chairperson may impose as many of those specified prohibitions and restrictions as he/she finds necessary, because of an emergency,to maintain an acceptable level of public order and services, and to protect lives, safety, and property. The chairperson shall recite his/her findings in the proclamation. (b) The proclamation shall be in writing. The chairperson shall take reasonable steps to give notice of the terms of the proclamation to those affected by it and shall post a copy of it in the county courthouse. The chairperson shall send reports of the substance of the proclamation to the mass communications media which serves the affected area. The chairperson shall retain a text of the proclamation and furnish upon request certified copies of it. Sec. 10-134.- Evacuation The chairperson may direct and compel the evacuation of all or part of the population of the county, to prescribe routes, modes of transportation, and destination in connection with evacuation; and to control ingress and egress of a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein. Details of the evacuation may be set forth or amended in a subsequent proclamation which shall be well publicized. Sec. 10-135.- Curfew