Pennsylvania Act 1945-215 — RELATING TO THE PAY OF POLICE AND FIREMEN IN FIRST CLASS CITIES

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RELATING TO THE PAY OF POLICE AND FIREMEN IN FIRST CLASS CITIES
                  Act of May 15, 1945, P.L. 545, No. 215              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Relating to the rate of pay for policemen, firemen and park
        guards in cities of the first class; providing for a system
        whereby policemen, firemen and park guards of cities of the
        first class who shall enter, or who shall have entered, the
        military service during the present hostilities shall be paid
        upon honorable discharge and re-entry into the police, fire
        or park guard service at the same rate of pay as if they had
        actually served on the police force, fire bureau or park
        guard force of cities of the first class during the years,
        months or days they were in the military service.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  In order that policemen, firemen and park guards
     of cities of the first class, who, after their appointment to
     such position, have entered the armed forces of the United
     States during the present hostilities shall not be put to a
     disadvantage because of such service after the effective date of
     this act; the rate of pay accorded to such policemen, firemen or
     park guards in cities of the first class shall be the same at
     the time of their honorable discharge from the armed services
     and their re-entry into the police, fire or park guard service
     as it would have been had such policemen, firemen or park guards
     in the cities of the first class been continuously employed as
     policemen, firemen or park guards for the days, months or years
     they served in the armed forces of the United States.
        Section 2.  The provisions of this act shall become effective
     immediately upon final enactment.