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'Creditable Service. - The term ,creditable service" shall be taken to mean for any memb.er-the most-.recent period of continuous service as an.employee renderedby the member plus me~e~ship -service for~which credit~is allowed-Under, this Chap%e~,~provided,~' however,..that~ periods before and after periods~of~unpaid.~anthorized leave shall-be included as~creditable Service.but the. period' leave itself.~shai1 notbe.'credited as cre~itabte"service~.tn addition, u~derregular .service' retire~entand e~cludin~deferred or Vested'~retirement, one-third of ~nased_'si~k-'~leave~as of ~he effectivedateof-re%iremen%, shall be~Addea.£~'ore~able-~ service. ~ ' - - ' ' ~ Employee. The wordi"employee~'-shall.be ~aksn-%O~mean'every~' firefighter-0r police officer megularly~employed in th~'~potice and fire departments .of .the City' on ~ full.time-~era~an~n~hasis.~.. ' ' The City Manager, having authority to app6int~/disciplin~ a~d remove firefighters and. policemen pursuant to~the-Charter, of the City. of.Portsmouth shalt, be deemed %o be an'emplo~Se-~as-..' defined herein. '' ~ ~ / Employer. The word-!'employer" shall ~be taken' to ~ean ~he City or the authority of theCity having-the p0wer to appoint an employee to office or employment.~. ~ ~ - ~ ~ .... ~ - ~ . ~ · Examiner. The word's?examiner~ shall be taken to mean the -medical examiners provided for in Sections 3~-103 to 31-1~11.. Member. The word '!member'! shall be' taken to-mean any employee who has been included in the membership of the system as provided in Section 31~117, and whose membership has-not terminated unde~ the provisions of Section 31-118. '- :~'~ ~ - Normal retirement date. The term "normal retirement date" shall be taken to mean the first of the month next following or ~oinciding with the fifty-fifth (55th) birthday of a member. Retirement allowance.' The term "retirement allowance" shall be taken to mean the retirement payments to which a member is entitled as provided in this Article'. Service~- The work~.'~service" shall be taken to..mean service .~ as an.employee .for whichcompensa%ion is Paid by the~employer.' ' ~ '-~Sy~teml The word "system" shall ~.be ~ak~n_to mea~ ~e. ~'Ports~ mouth Fire and Police Re%irementSystem" p~ovid~d~ for in {his Article. ~ - Section 3~-118 (a) (1) . . Period of~membership; cessation ~of membership. ~ (1) Upon his'terminatiOn ~f Service as an employee, other than by retirement, before he has'become ves~ed under- the con- ditions as stated in Section 31~148; provide~ however, that for the purposes of this section, the entrance_of a member authorized leave of absence 11