Title 45, Chapter 12, Section 30
( 45-12-30)
When, in his opinion, the facts warrant, the Governor shall, by
proclamation, declare that, because of unlawful assemblage,
violence, overt threats of violence, or otherwise, a danger exists
to the person or property of any citizen or citizens of the state
and that the peace and tranquility of the state or of any area or
political subdivision thereof is threatened, and because thereof an
emergency, with reference to said threats and danger, exists. In all
such cases, when the Governor shall issue his proclamation he shall
be and is further authorized, in coping with said threats and
danger, to order and direct any person, corporation, association, or
group of persons to do any act which would, in his opinion, prevent
danger to life, limb, or property or prevent a breach of the peace;
or he may order such person, corporation, association, or group of
persons to refrain from doing any act or thing which would, in his
opinion, endanger life, limb, or property or cause, or tend to
cause, a breach of the peace, or endanger the peace and good order
of society; and he shall have full power to enforce such order or
proclamation by appropriate means. |