In the event of an existing or threatened state of emergency endangering the lives, safety, health or welfare of the people within the village or threatening damage to or destruction of property, the Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a public proclamation declaring to all persons the existence of such state of emergency and, in order more effectively to protect the lives, safety and property of people within the village, to define and impose a curfew applicable to all persons within the jurisdiction of the village.
(Prior Code, § 2-20)