Section 8. Registration of aliens  


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  • Whenever a state of war exists between
      the United States and a foreign country, or,  in  the  judgment  of  the
      governor  public  safety or necessity requires such action, the governor
      may, by proclamation, direct every subject or citizen  of  such  foreign
      countries as the governor may designate in such proclamation, who are in
      this  state, or who may from time to time come into the state, to appear
      within twenty-four hours after the date specified in  such  proclamation
      or after arrival within the state, before such public authorities as the
      governor may designate in such proclamation, and personally register his
      or  her  name,  residence,  business,  length  of  stay  and  such other
      information as the governor shall prescribe. Such proclamation shall  be
      published in such newspapers as the governor may designate. Every person
      to  whom  such  proclamation  is  applicable shall also comply with such
      rules or personal identification as the governor shall from time to time
      prescribe. The occupant of  every  private  residence,  and  the  owner,
      lessee  or  proprietor, operating or managing every hotel, inn, boarding
      or  rooming  house  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  the  date
      specified  in  such  proclamation, notify such public authorities of the
      presence therein of every subject or citizen of  a  foreign  country  to
      whom  such  proclamation  is  applicable,  and shall each day thereafter
      notify such public authorities  of  the  arrival  thereat  or  departure
      therefrom of every such subject or citizen. A failure to comply with any
      such  proclamation  or to perform any act required by this section shall
      be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of  not  exceeding  one  thousand
      dollars, or imprisonment for one year or both.