Effective with the municipal fiscal year commencing July 1,
1965, of the amounts appropriated by the City of West Haven for salaries
of the members of the West Haven Police Department, the sum of $5
per day for each working day shall be designated as and shall constitute
a statutory subsistence allowance. The purpose of this section is
to give the members of the West Haven Police Department the tax benefits
provided for by the Internal Revenue Code.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to alter or amend any
of the provisions of the pension rights of the members of the West
Haven Police Department as set forth in the City Charter.