EXECUTIVE ORDER
84-4

WHEREAS, I have been advised by the State Director, Emergency Management Agency, Office of the Adjutant General, that a natural disaster of major proportions has occurred in certain counties of Missouri; that loss of life, injury to persons and damage to and loss of property is imminent as the result of a severe ice storm from March 18, 1984 to the present, and that the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of those counties require an invocation of the provisions of Section 44.100 RSMo 1978;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, KENNETH J. ROTHMAN, ACTING AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 44.100, RSMo 1978, do hereby declare that a state of emergency exists in the affected counties of Missouri and that each county officially requesting assistance is hereby declared to be a disaster area, and do hereby authorize that the approved Missouri Comprehensive Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Plan be activated and do further authorize the use of such agencies, personnel and equipment of the State as may be necessary for the preservation of life, property and the restoration of public facilities in those counties.

Furthermore, I do specifically authorize and order the Adjutant General, and the Department of Public Safety or their designees to utilize personnel and equipment of their respective agencies in support of local government as may be deemed appropriate under the circumstances during the period in which this order is effective.

This order shall terminate on May 1, 1984, unless extended in whole or in part.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Missouri, in the City of Jefferson, on this 19th day of March, 1984.

[Kenneth J. Rothman's signature]
ACTING AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

ATTEST:

[James C. Kirkpatrick's signature]
SECRETARY OF STATE

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