An employee of either department may be suspended for a period not exceeding five days by his chief for the commission of any of the offenses referred to in Section 5-19-270, but such suspension shall be reported to the commission within twenty-four hours, and it may remove such suspension or shorten the term thereof. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-735; 1952 Code Section 47-735; 1942 Code Section 7546; 1939 (41) 160; 1943 (43) 45.
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