Pennsylvania Act 1935-82 — POLICEMEN, HOURS OF REST

Act text

POLICEMEN, HOURS OF REST
                  Act of May 16, 1935, P.L. 176, No. 82               Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring cities of the second, second A, and third class to
        allow members of the police departments, twenty-four
        consecutive hours of rest each week, and fourteen days
        vacation each year, except in emergency cases. (Title amended
        May 1, 1939, P.L.40, No.33)
        Compiler's Note:  Section 4701 of Act 164 of 1951 provided
            that Act 82 is repealed insofar as it relates to third
            class cities.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That any city of the second,
     second A, and third class, having a police department, shall
     allow and permit every member of such police department, to have
     at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in every calendar
     week, except in emergency cases for the suppression of riots or
     tumults, or the preservation of the public peace in times of
     war, riot, conflagration, or public celebrations, and to have an
     annual vacation of not less than fourteen days, without
     diminution of the salary or compensation fixed by ordinance or
     resolution of such city.
        (1 amended May 1, 1939, P.L.40, No.33)