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(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any fire- fighter or police~n 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 compen- sation ~us~ be entered by the Chief of the department on the next succeeding payroll submitted to the Finance Director. All special assig~,ents must be authorized by the Chief of the department, or during his absence or disability, his duly author- ized delegate. Overtime work shall not be considered special assignment duty. (d) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any fire- fighter or policeman who appears as a witness when not on a regular assigned period of'duty, in cr~ina! cases in courts of the City of Portsmouth shall be paid a witness fee of $10.00 for the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and the General District Court, and $15.OO for the Circuit Court for each such appearance; provided ho~wever, that only those firefighters and policemen who are necessary 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 fire- fighter 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 appearance shall be certified by the Clerk of the Court to the Fire Chief or the Police Chief, respectively, who shall report same to the City Payroll Clerk on such forms and at such times as the Finance Director may prescribe. (e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any fire- fighter 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 allow- ance. (f) The additional compensation authorized under subsection (b), (c), and (d) above shall be in addition to all other compensation, allowances and payments autP~rized by this or any other ordinance Section 15. Advanced de~rees. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any employee who, subsequent to his employment, is awarded an associates degree or degree in his profession above that which is required for his position shall be paid an additional five hundred and no/iOO dollars ($500.00) per annum, such sum to be paid in equal installments at the same time as the base salary is paid.