The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-02
CARO'SLOCAL
BILLS GO IN
EFFECT OCT. |
PROVIDE TWO
SHIFTS FOR FIREMEN AND
EIGHT HOUR DAY FOR POLICE
AND OTHER DEPARTMENT EN-
PLOYES

Full texts of the bills by Represent
alive Herbert caro- providing for the
placing of members of the Pensacola
| police department, street and certain
other departments on an eight hour
day basis and providing for the es-
adjustment of two shifts daily for the
FIRE department, the passage by the
house of which have been noted in
the Journal will be read with interesT
They follow:
, AN act prescribing and defin-
ing an eight hour day for all en-
ployees of the police department and
street employees, and employees of the
water department of the city of PEN
sacola, Escambia couny, Florida.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Florida
Section l. That from and after the
passage and taking effect of this act
no employee of the police department
or street employees or employees of
the water department of the city OF
Pensacola. Escambia County, Florida.
shall be required to work or remain on
duty more than eight hours in any
caleN1ar day, and eight hours shall
be considered a days work in said
department.
section 2. That employees of the
police department shall be considered
and deemed to include all police Off
-ers, patrolmen and every person en-
gagged in work in connection with and
for said department and street en-
ployees shall include all employees
who are engaged in cleaning and
otherwise employed in furnishing wa
ter an dreading water meters for
the city of Pensacola.
i'm N
act shall be construed as prohibiting
the calling out of any of said en-
ployees of the police department
when off duty in case of any general
riot or disturbance for the period of
such disturbance or riot calling ont
any of the street employees in clear
ing up streets after a storm. fire
or epidemic or other urgent causes,
or calling out employees of the water
department in emergency cases affect
ing their department.
Section A. That all Iaws and pats
of laws in conflict herewith are here
my repealed.
Section 5. That this law shall take
effect October ], 1919, A. ID.
Fire Department.
An Act Providing the number OF
hours employees of the city of Pen
gagged in any work in connection with
the prevention and extinguishment of
fires in said city, shall remain on duty.
prescribing two shifts of firemen for
said city, and certain rules and resu-
lations relating to the same.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Florida
Section l. That the city of Pensa-
cola from and after the passage and
taking effect of this act shall provide
for two shifts of. ffremen. one shift
to be on duty during the day and the
other shift to be on duty during the
night. Provided, however, that all
ffremen whether on the day or night
shifts shall be subject to call in case
of a general fire alarm during the time
when a fire emergency so requires
Section 2 That no firemen shall
be required to remain on duty more
than fourteen GA hours per day, and
the hours during which each shift
is to be on duty shall be divided;
either by the shifts alternating from
night to day shifts or otherwise, so
that neither shift shall be discriminat-
ed against in the number of hours dur
ing which the members thereof are re-
quired to be on duty. Provided, furth-
er that nothing in this act shall be-
construed as repeating any of the
provisions of the law or ordinances
of the city allowing vacation to fire.
men.
Section 3. That the term fireman
as used in this act shall be construed
to mean all those persons employed
BY the city in any work in connection
with the prevention and extinguish-
ment of fires in said city by the said
municipal government.
Section 4. All laws or parts of laws
in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed
Section >. This act shall take effect
upon the first day of October A D.
1919.