N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 3.84

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 16, April 17, 2024

Section 3.84 - Executive Order No. 84: Directing that the Chief of Staff to the Governor order into active service the organized militia to assist authorities in guaranteeing public safety and protecting property in the Village of Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York

I, Hugh L. Carey, by virtue of authority vested in me as Governor, under the Military Law of the State, do hereby direct by Executive Order that the Chief of Staff to the Governor order into the active service of the State, for such period, to such extent, and in such manner as he may deem necessary, all or any part of the organized militia to assist agencies in the Village of Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York, in alleviating the effects of a severe ice jam on the Owasco outlet of Owasco Lake.

(1) Major General Vito J. Castellano, Chief of Staff to the Governor, is hereby appointed commander of all personnel ordered into the active service of the State.

(2) Units and members of the organized militia to be designated by order of the Chief of Staff to the Governor will immediately assemble at their local armories when ordered, and will remain assembled pending further orders as to their disposition by the Chief of Staff to the Governor.

(3) All enlistments, reenlistments, or voluntary extension of enlistments which expire after 15 February 1979 and during the period for which the members are currently ordered into the active service of the State are hereby extended for the duration of such duty in the active service of the State.

Signed: Hugh L. Carey

Dated: February 14, 1979

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, the Governor is Commander-in-Chief of the Militia of the State, pursuant to the Constitution of the State as restated in Section three of the Military Law; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section six of the Military Law, the Governor as Commander-in-Chief of the Militia has the power to order into the active service of the State in case of disaster or imminent danger thereof, such units of the organized militia which may be necessary to assist authority in protecting life and prpoerty, in maintaining essential life services and to alleviate damages and losses caused by ice jams and flooding; and

WHEREAS, the public interest requires such action at the State level for the preservation of public and private property and the welfare of the population of the Village of Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York:

NOW THEREFORE, I, HUGH L. CAREY, Governor of the State of New York, pursuant to authority vested in me by Subdivision one of Section six of the Military Law, have this day, by Executive Order, ordered Major General Vito J. Castellano, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, to order into the active service of the State, for such period, to such extent and in such manner as he may deem necessary, all or part of the organized militia to meet this emergency.

Signed: Hugh L. Carey

Dated: February 14, 1979

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 3.84