Chap. 0498 An Act temporarily increasing the salaries of officers and employees in the service of counties.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The salary of each person in the service of any county is hereby increased by an amount equal to twenty per cent thereof; provided, that such increase shall not for full-time service be less than at the rate of three hundred dollars per annum nor more than at the rate of four hundred and twenty dollars per annum; and provided, further, that said minimum or said maximum, in the case of any such person serving on a part-time basis, shall be adjusted by the county personnel board to an amount which bears the same ratio to said minimum or maximum as his service bears to full-time service.

Section 2. The salary of a justice, special justice, clerk, assistant clerk, probation officer or court officer of a district court, a probation officer of the superior court, a deputy sheriff acting as court officer, a trial justice, or a county commissioner, is hereby increased by an amount equal to twenty per cent thereof but not more than four hundred and twenty dollars per annum.

Section 3. The increase of salary provided by this act shall be effective only for the period beginning July first, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-six. The temporary salary increase granted hereunder in the case of any person whose basic salary is changed during said period by promotion, step rate increase, transfer or otherwise shall be based on his basic salary as so changed.

Section 4. Every officer and employee entering the service of any county during said period shall be entitled to receive the compensation of his office or position as increased by this act.

Section 5. The word "salary" as used in this act shall include maintenance allowances the value of which is fixed in the manner provided by the rules and regulations established under the provisions of sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, of chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.

Section 6. The county personnel board is hereby directed to revise its schedules of rates and ranges to conform to the pertinent provisions of sections one and two.

Section 7. Said board shall administer so much of this act as affects the salary of any person whose office or position is subject to any provision of sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, of chapter thirty-five of the General Laws, and the director of accounts shall administer so much thereof as affects the salary of any person whose office or position is not subject to said sections; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the respective powers of said board and said director as now defined by law.

Section 8. No increase in salary made by this act shall, for any purpose of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, be deemed or construed to be a portion of the regular compensation of any officer or employee now or hereafter in the service of any county.

Section 9. This act shall not apply to officers or employees of the county of Suffolk.

Section 10.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 28, 1945.