Bellhy v. City of Washington

Dissenting Opinion

McCune, J.,

January 6, 1967. — When the legislature provided that the minimum annual starting salary to be paid policemen should be $4,500 with minimum annual increments of $300 for the first three years of such employment and if, on the effective date of the act, anyone was earning less than $4,500 annually, his salary should be increased to $4,500 and he *156also should receive annual increments of $300 for the next three years of such employment, the legislature meant, in my judgment, to fix a floor of $4,500 for all policemen, effective January 1, 1966, and to insure that…