[Adopted 9-20-1949 by Ord. No. 327; readopted 8-1-1967 by Ord. No.
476 (Ch. 66, Art. IV of the 1975 Code)]
A referendum vote held on November 8, 1949, pursuant to the
provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:11-13.4, provides that the provisions of
Chapter 341 of the Laws of 1948 are adopted.[1] In accordance with such act, the hours of employment of
members of the Police Department of the Borough of Edgewater shall
not exceed eight consecutive hours in any one day nor 40 hours in
any one week, provided that in case of an emergency the officer, board
or other official having charge or control of the Police Department
shall have full authority to summon and keep on duty any and all such
members during the period of emergency.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:11-13.4 was repealed by L. 1971,
c. 197. See N.J.S.A. 40A:14-132 for current statutory provisions for
the adoption of an eight-hour day and forty-hour week for the uniformed
members and officers of a Municipal Police Department.
