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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN OF THE CITY. Be it Ordained By the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Section 1. Employees Classified. Om and after July 1, 1958, all Firemen and Policemen of the City of Portsmouth shall be classified accerding to their rank and their compensa- tion shall be fixed accordin~ to such rank held. Section 2. Rates of Compensation. The basic salary or compensation of each Fireman and Policeman until otherwise changed by Ordinance shall be according To the schedule of pay hereinafter set forth designated as Schedule A and made a part of this Ordinance except that man in the Police Department required to wear civilian clothes will he allowed an additional twenty dollars ($20.00) per month as a clothing altov~ance. Section 3. Application to Present Firemen and Policemen. All Firemen and Policemen of the City shall receive the same compensation according to their classification as set forth in Schedule A of this Ordi~-ce. Any Firem~n er Policeman of the City who is az the effective date of this Ordinance receiving less than the amount provided for in the schedule for his class of employment shall on and after July 1, 1958 receive the amount set forth in the schedule. Any Fireman or Policeman who is receiving on the effective date of this Ordinance, more than the amotLn~ he would be entitled to receive under said schedule shall continue at the same salary tbntil his years of service shall entitle him to an increase in compensation. Section 4. New Employees. Any person hereafter employed by the City shall receive com- pensation during the first, second, third and fourth years of his emplo?ment as set forth in Schedule A of this O~dinance~ No employee shall receive compensation provided for in the tenth year until completion of ten full years of service. Section 5. Promotions. For the purpose of computing compensation under Schedule A of this Ordinance during the first year only of employment in any higher rank, any fireman or policeman promoted to a higher rank during the second, third or fourth year of his employment shall be deemed to be in the first, secon8 or third year, respectively, of his employment~ and any fireman or policeman promoted to a higher rank during or after the fifth year of his employment shall be deemed to be in the fourth year of his employmenT. Section $~ Demotions. Any Fireman or Policeman who is demoted to a lower class shall receive compensation according ~o the rank in which he is placed.