An employee of either department may be suspended for a period not exceeding five days by his chief for the commission of any of the offenses referred to in SECTION 5-19-270, but such suspension shall be reported to the commission within twenty-four hours, and it may remove such suspension or shorten the term thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-19-250
Suspension of employees by superior officers
1962 Code SECTION 47-735; 1952 Code SECTION 47-735; 1942 Code SECTION 7546; 1939 (41) 160; 1943 (43) 45.
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