Chapter 783. To fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan police force and the fire department of the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 783.— An Act To fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan police force and the fire department of the District of Columbia. July 1, 1930.[[S. 2370](/us/bill/71/s/2370).][[Public, No. 489](/us/pl/71/489).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the annualDistrict of Columbia.Salaries of Metropolitan police force of.Vol. 43, p. 174.Officers. basic salaries of the officers and members of the Metropolitan police force shall be as follows:
Major and superintendent, $8,000; assistant superintendents, $5,000 each; inspectors, $4,500 each; captains, $3,600 each; lieutenants, $3,050 each; sergeants, $2,750 each; privates, a basicPrivates.Annual Increases; maximum. salary of $1,900 per year, with an annual increase of $100 in salary840Original appointments.Probationary period. for five years, or until a maximum salary of $2,400 is reached. All original appointments of privates shall be made at the basic salary of $1,900 per year, and the first year of service shall be probationary.
Sec. 2. Salaries of fire department of.Vol. 43, p. 175.*Post*, p. 1024.Officers. That the annual basic salaries of the officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia shall be as follows: Chief engineer, $8,000; deputy chief engineers, $5,000 each; battalion chief engineers, $4,500 each; fire marshal, $5,000; deputy fire marshal, $3,000; inspectors, $2,460 each; captains, $3,000 each; lieutenants, $2,840 each; sergeants, $2,600 each; superintendent of machinery, $5,000; assistant superintendent of machinery, $3,000; pilots, $2,600 each; marine engineers, $2,600 each; assistant marine engineers, $2,460Privates.Annual increases, maximum.Original appoint ments.Probationary period. each; marine firemen, $2,100 each; privates, a basic salary of $1,900 per year, with an annual increase of $100 in salary for five years, or until a maximum salary of $2,400 is reached.
All original appointments of privates shall be made at the basic salary of $1,900 per year, and the first year of service shall be probationary. Sec. 3. Computation of pay of privates. That privates of the Metropolitan police force and of the fire department shall be entitled to the following salaries: Privates who have served less than one year, at the rate of $1,900 per annum; privates who have served more than one year and less than two years, at the rate of $2,000 per annum; privates who have served more than two years and less than three years, at the rate of $2,100 per annum; privates who have served more than three years and less than four years, at the rate of $2,200 per annum; privates who have served more than four years and less than five years, at the rate of $2,300 per annum; privates who have served more than five years, at the rate*Proviso*.Automatic increases. of $2,400 per annum: *Provided*, That privates in class three on the effective date of this Act who have served less than six years shall be entitled to an annual salary of $2,200; privates who have served six years and less than seven years shall be entitled to an annual salary of $2,300; and privates who have served seven years or more shall be entitled to an annual salary of $2,400.
Sec. 4. No increase if service unsatisfactory. That no annual increase in salary shall be paid to any person who, in the judgment of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, has not rendered satisfactory service, and any private whoRemoval for inefficiency. fails to receive such annual increase for two successive years shall be deemed inefficient and forthwith removed from the service by the*Provisos*.Additional compensation for outstanding efficiency. commissioners: *Provided*, That under such rules and regulations as the commissioners shall promulgate, the Major and Superintendent of Police and the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department shall select and report to the commissioners from time to time the names of privates and sergeants in each department who by reason of demonstrated ability may be considered as possessed of outstanding efficiency, and the commissioners are authorized and directed to grant to not exceeding 10 per centum of the authorized strength, respectively,Withdrawal. of such privates and sergeants in each department additional compensation at the rate of $5 per month: *Provided further*, That the commissioners may withdraw such compensation at any time and remove any name or names from among such selections.
Sec. 5. Policemen and firemen’s relief fund.Monthly deductions in salaries credited to.Vol. 43, p. 560. That, commencing with the effective date of this Act, there shall be deducted for the benefit of the policemen and firemen’s relief fund 3½ per centum of the monthly pay of each member of theRefund if separated from service. Metropolitan police force, the fire department, the United States park police, and the White House police force. That hereafter, upon the separation from the service of any such member, except for retirement as authorized by existing law, he shall be refunded the deductions made from his salary for said fund, and should any such member subsequently be reappointed to any of such policeRedeposit if reappointed. forces or the fire department he shall be required to redeposit to the credit of the policemen and firemen’s fund the amount of deductions841refunded to him.
In the case of the death of any such member whileIn case of death. in the service the amount of his deductions shall be paid to the legal representative of his estate, provided he leaves no widow or child or children entitled to and granted relief payable from said fund. Sec. 6. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are herebyCommissioners to de termine amount of pension relief. empowered to determine and fix the amount of the pension relief allowance heretofore and hereafter granted to any person under and in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to provide for the expensesVol. 39, p. 718. of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes,” approved September 1, 1916, and Acts amendatory thereof.
Sec. 7. That this Act shall be effective on and after July 1, 1930. Effective date. Approved, July 1, 1930.