Pennsylvania Act 1945-160 — ALLOWING FIRST CLASS CITIES TO SET SALARIES AND WAGES

Act text

ALLOWING FIRST CLASS CITIES TO SET SALARIES AND WAGES
                  Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 375, No. 160               Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Conferring upon the councils of cities of the first class the
        power and devolving upon them the duty of fixing and
        determining the salaries, wages and other compensation
        payable out of the treasury of such cities from and after the
        first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
        of all public officers, clerks and other public employes,
        except the salaries of elected officers, whose salaries are
        fixed by law. (Title amended May 2, 1947, P.L.134, No.55)

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  That from and after the first day of January, one
     thousand nine hundred and forty-six, the salaries, wages and
     other compensation of all public officers, clerks and employes,
     including all officers, clerks and employes whose salaries were
     heretofore fixed by law or by the courts, payable out of the
     treasury of any city of the first class, shall be fixed and
     determined by the council of such city, by ordinance, except
     such salaries of elected officers which are or may be fixed by
     law and except that the annual salary of the prothonotary shall
     not be less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), the annual
     salary of the principal deputy prothonotary shall not be less
     than eleven thousand dollars ($11,000), and the annual salary of
     the second deputy prothonotary shall not be less than nine
     thousand dollars ($9,000).
        (1 amended May 29, 1956, 1955 P.L.1869, No.620)
        Section 2.  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith
     be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such
     inconsistency; it being the intent and purpose of this act to
     establish a uniform and complete system, except as aforesaid of
     the fixing and determination of all salaries, wages or other
     compensation of public officers, clerks and employes payable out
     of the treasury of such cities, thereby unifying and co-
     ordinating, as far as may be practicable, that power and duty
     with the power to raise revenue by taxation and otherwise.
        (2 amended May 2, 1947, P.L.134, No.55)