§ 1-102 DETERMINATION OF ONE YEAR OF SERVICE.
   The governing body of the city, having established a Board of Trustees as in this article provided, may fix and determine how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year, nor shall credit as service for any period of more than one months duration be allowed during which the police officer was absent without pay.
(`90 Code, § 1-49)