Evening star., 1924-01-24
FIRE. AND POLICE
/ BILL IS REPORTED
House Committee Unanimous
in Favoring Measure-On
/. Floor Next Monday.

Favorable report on the police and
fifemen's pay bill was ordered unani-
nIously today by the House District
committee.
THAT there may be no question of
authority to call up this bill next
Monday the first District day in the
House, the committee adopted a reso-
lntion offered by Representative
Beers of Pennsylvania, instructing
the ranking republican member of
the committee. Representative Fred
=. Zihlman of Maryland, to take
charge Of District legislation and
press it for action on the floor Of the
House in the absence of Representa-
tive Stuart F. Reed of West Virginia,
Vho is i'll.
trict committee today the special sub
committee on the police and firemen's
pay bill held conference with Off
GERS of the police and fire depart
ments: and of the policemen's and
Hremen's associations, at which minor
adjustments in the salary schedules
3were agreed upon.
|: Annual Basic Salaries.
|: AS reported the, bill provides that
the annual basic salaries of officers
land members of the metropolitan DO
Elice force shall be as follows: Major
( and superintendent. $500; assistant
supertntendents. $500 each; inspec-
tors, $3.250 each, provided that the
inspector assigned to the supervision
and command of the detective bureau
shall during the period of such as
signment be rated as and shall RED
ceive the pay of an assistant super
that the lieutenant assigned as as
sistant to the inspector commanding
the detective bureau shall during the
period OF such assignment hold the
InnK lss,tsnnt ana receiye the pay of captain;
$2,40o each; pricates OF class 8. $2100
each; privates Of class 2, 81, 900 each:
prtyates Of class I, $500 each.
Driver privates are to be given
the same rank and pay as privates
the police force who may be mounted
on horses furnished and maintained
by themselves are to receive an ex-
ira compensation of $3.50 per annunl.
Members of the force who may be
called upon to use motor vehicles
furnished and maintained by them
selves shall each receive extra COM
pensatiop of $3.50 per annum.
Allowance for Bicycles.
Members of the force who may be
mounted on bicycles shall each re-
ceiVe an extra compensation of $40
per annum. Members of the force
detsiled to detective headquarters
shall each receive extra compensation
, OF $500 per annum. Members of the
forese detailed for special service in
the various precincts are to receive
an extra compensation of $24O a year.
and members detailed on motor cy.
Gle service are to receive extra com
pensation OF $120 per year.
In finally reporting the bill the
committee struck out provision
which would give the thirty-flye
mernbers of the force detailed to de-
tecave headquarters the rank OF
,,lieufenant detectives.
The annual basic salaries provided
i'm the bill for officers and members
Iof the District fire department are
az follows: Chief engineer. $500;
deputy chief engineers. $500; bat
TALON chief engineers, $3,o5o; fire
i 81, 500; inspectors, $4,000 each; CAP
each; .sergeants, $1,000 each; super
intendent Of machinery, $3.50; assistant
superintendent Of machinery, $500; pi-
lots, $2,250 each: marine engineers
$3.50 each; assistant marine engi-
insers, $2.150 each; marine firemen
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