Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That beginning January first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work... American law reports annotated - Page 2391923Full view - About this book
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 2026 pages
...January 1st, 1917, eight hours shall. In contracts for labor and <enriep, be deemed a clay's work and the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose...of reckoning the compensation for services of all employe's «iio are now or may hereafter be employed by any common carrier by railnxid • * • and... | |
| Electronic journals - 1917 - 914 pages
...January i, 1917, eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning compensation for services of all employes . . . actually engaged in the operation of trains" in interstate... | |
| United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1933 - 1174 pages
...switch Transportation (train and engine 1, 857, 674 1, 258, 719 598, 955 32.24 1, 614, 367 996, 317 or standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation of all employees actually engaged in the operation of trains. In practice the provisions of that act... | |
| Roady Kenehan - Blacksmithing - 1916 - 666 pages
...hundred and seventeen, eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose...reckoning the •compensation for services of all employes who are now or may hereafter be employed by any common carrier by railroad, except railroads... | |
| 1917 - 548 pages
...demand into the terms of law. It provides that beginning January 1st, 1917, eight hours shall be deemed "the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for services of railroad employees engaged in the operation of trains." The general effect of the law, not going into... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1917 - 948 pages
...after .Tan. 1, 1017, "eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation " of employees engaged in operation of trains. Further, it required the President to appoint a commission... | |
| Labor - 1916 - 418 pages
...January 1, 1917, eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose...of reckoning the compensation for services of all employes who are now or may hereafter be employed by any common carrier by railroad, except railroads... | |
| William Mack, William Benjamin Hale - Law - 1917 - 1362 pages
...statute providing that eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose...reckoning the compensation for services of all employees who are employed by any common carrier by railroad which, with certain exceptions, is subject to the... | |
| Maryland. Commissioner of Labor and Statistics - Labor - 1914 - 1444 pages
...early September, 1916, provided that "eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and services, be deemed a day's work, for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for services of all employes * * * who are now or may hereafter be actually engaged in any capacity in the operation of... | |
| Current events - 1917 - 688 pages
...beginning Jan i, 1917, eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work, and the measure or standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for service of all employees who are now or may hereafter be employed by any railroad which is subject... | |
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