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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 City Auditor. All special assignments must be authorized by the chief of the department, or during his absence or disabi- lity, by the deputy chief. Overtime work shall not be con- sidered special assignment duty. (c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any firefighter or policeman who appears as a witness when not on a regular assigned period of duty, in any criminal case in any court in the City of Portsmouth shall be paid a witness fee of $5.00 for each such appearance; provided however, that only those firefighters and policemen who are necessary to the prosecution of the case may be paid such witness fee in con- nection with the trial of any particular case; and further provided however, that no firefighter or 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 report same to the City Auditor on such forms and a= such times as the City Auditor may prescribe. (d) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any firefighter or policeman who is required to wear civilian clothes in the regular performance of his official duties shall be paid an additional Twenty and no/100 Dollars ($20.00) per month as a clothing allowance. (e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any firefighter or policeman who has been awarded the Asso- ciate Arts Degree in his profession shall be paid an additional Five Hundred and no/100 Dollars ($500.00) per annum, such sum to be paid in equal installments at the same time as the base salary is paid. (f) The additional compensation authorized under subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be in addition to all other compensation, allowances and payments authorized by this or any other ordinance or law. Section 15. Salary adjustments. On and after October i, 1971, salary adjustments to higher steps within a pay grade for persons classified under Section 3 shall become effective on the first day of July for each year. For the purposes of this ordinance only, service by such employees for a fractional part of a year consisting