Brookman v. Johns’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “On and after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, appointments to, and promotions in, all paid fire departments or as fire alarm operators and fire box inspectors in the bureaus of electricity in cities of the second and third class shall be made according to qualifications and fitness, to be ascertained by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive, as hereinafter provided. On and after such date, no person shall be reinstated, appointed, promoted, demoted or discharged as a paid member of any fire department (except the chief and deputy chiefs), regardless of rank or position, in any fire department or as a fire alarm operator or fire box inspector in the bureau of electricity, in any city of the second or third class, in any manner or by any means other than those prescribed in this act. (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 160 Pa. Commw. 627 - International Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 1803 v. City of Reading

2. “All acts and parts of acts, general, special or local, inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. It is the purpose of this act to furnish a complete and exclusive system for the appointment, promotion, reduction, removal and reinstatement of all officers, firemen, or other employees of fire departments ... in all cities of the ... third class wherein such officers and employees are paid.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 160 Pa. Commw. 627 - International Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 1803 v. City of Reading