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Section 10. Overtime and additional compensation Firefighter and Policeman. (a) Except in emergency cases overtime work for fire- fighters and .policemen must be approved in advance by the Chief of the respective department before compensation will be granted. (b) Payment for overtime for firefighters and policemen shall be computed in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act as amended in 1974o (c) Any firefighter or policeman below the rank of Deputy Chief placed on special assignment duty shall be paid at the rate of $4.00 per hour for the time spent on such duty. Such additional compensation must be entered by the Chief of the department on the next succeeding payroll submitted to the Finance Director. All special assignments must be authorized by the Chief of the department, or during his absence or dis- ability, his duly authorized delegate. Overtime work shall not be considered special assignment duty. (d) Any firefighter or policeman who appears as a witness when not oh a regular assigned period of duty, in criminal cases in courts of ~he City of Portsmouth shall be paid a wit- ness fee of Ten ($10.00) Dollars for Juvenile and Domestic Re- lations Court and the General District Court, and Fifteen ($15.OO) Dollars for the Circuit Court for each such appearance; provided however, that only those ~irefighters and policemen who are nec- essary to the prosecution of the case may be paid such witness fee in connection with the trial of any particular case; and further provided however, that no firefighter and policeman shall be paid more than one such witness fee per day regardless of how many cases or courts he may be required to appear or testify in. Such appearances shall be certified by the Clerk of the Court to the Fire Chief or the Police Chief, respectively~ who shall re- port same to the City Payroll Clerk on such forms and at such times as the Finance Director may prescribe. (e) Any firefighter or policeman who is required to wear civilian clothes in the regular performance of his official duties shall be paid an additional thirty-five dollars per month as a clothing allowance. Section 1t. Advance degrees. (a) Any employee who at the direction of his department head or with the prior written approval of the deoartment head and City Manager or his designee, obtains au associate, baccalaureate~ or advanced degree in his field or profession beyond that required