6708ORDINANCE N0. _6708,
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTIONS 1, 2 AND 3 OF ORDINANCE NO. 6656;
CREATING THREE POSITIONS OF SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE POLICE DE-
PARTMENT; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 10 There are hereby created three-positions of special
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Two positions of Special Matron, and
One position of Special Matron -Clerk
SECTION 2. The matrons whose employment is authorized in
Section l of this Ordinance shall have the duty of receiving the
women prisoners assigned to the women's quarters in the City Jail,
of overseeing the safe keeping of such prisoners, and such other
duties as the Chief of Police may designate. The Matron - Clerk, in
addition to the above duties, shall perform the clerical work neo-
essary in the maintenance of detention and case records in connection
with the female prisoners held by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas.
SECTION 3. The persons chosen to fill the positions created in
Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be white women, and shall be
chosen by the Chief of Police, and shall receive the following
monthly salaries;
Matrons - $100.00 per month each
Matron-Clerk - $133.33 per month
- SECTION 4. The persons chosen to fill the positions created in
Section 1 of this Ordinance shall have passed their 21st birthday,
and shall not have attained their 55th birthday. They shall pass a
physical examination to determine their capacity to discharge the
duties''of their employment; but they need not be electors of the
City of Little Rnok, Arkansas, and they need not have resided in
Little Rock, Arkansas for any definite period of time prior to
their employment. Preference, however, shall be given, when pos-
sible, to persons who are residents of 'the City of Little Rook, and
have slot yet attained their 45th birthday.
SECTION 5. It is hereby made a condition of this Ordinance,
and of any employment authorized and accepted under it, that no -
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person employed under this Ordinance, and no person claimingry,
through, or under her, shall be entitled to, or shall reo& ve, or
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make claim for any benefits of pension, relief, retirement, dis-
ability, etc* nature;' or for any such benefits or other benefits to
be paid out of the Polioamen's Pension and Relief Fund, or any
similar fund.
SECTION 6. Sections 1,2 and 3 of Ordinance No. 6656 are hereby repealed.
SECTION '7. Because at the present time it has been found im-
s,bkl t,o seour a adr s for the maintpnasae of .ae
women's quarters in the City Jail; and because the maintenance of
such quarters is necessary to the preservation of the public peace
and well being, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this
Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, shall be in full force and effect immediately
upon its passage.
PASSED : November 27 , 1944.
4.) ATTES T : a.11,f.�r�✓
-Vity Clerk
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APPROVED: (�
Mayor