CHAPTER XVII.
HOURS OF LABOR OF EMPLOYEES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
It shall be unlawful for the City of Saginaw, or any officer or employee thereof, to require any person in the employ of the fire department of said city who is engaged in fire fighting or subject to the hazards thereof to be on duty in such employment more than 24 hours, or to be off duty less than 24 consecutive hours out of any 48-hour period; provided, that all persons in the employ of said fire department who are engaged in the employ of said fire department who are engaged in fire fighting or subject to the hazards thereof shall be entitled to an additional 24 consecutive hours off duty in every 8-day period, thereby requiring firemen to work not more than an average of 63 hours per week.
The provisions of the above paragraph shall not apply (a) to the chief officer or the assistant chief officer in command of said fire department, (b) to the members or employees of said fire department when required to remain on duty by the chief officer of such department, his aids or assistants, in cases of public necessity arising from great conflagration, riot, flood or epidemic of pestilence or disease.
Any officer or employee or agent of said city who shall require any employee who is engaged in fire fighting or subject to the hazards thereof, save as hereinbefore excepted, to be on duty in such employment for a longer time than hereinbefore provided, or to be off duty for a lesser time than that hereinbefore provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
All chapters or portions of chapters in conflict with this amendment are hereby repealed insofar as they conflict with the provisions of this amendment.
Chapter XVII added (Amendment No. 2)
Effective July 1, 1949