...court. These are an indictment and informations under the Act of August 1, 1892, c. 352, 27 Stat. 340, "Relating to the Limitation of the Hours of Daily...upon the Public Works of the United States and of the District of Columbia." They all bring up the question of the constitutionality of the act, and they...

...such work ; * * * See. 1, act uf June 1'J, 191% (37 Slat. Î3T), This was the first eeetlon of an act entitled "An act relating to the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and medíanle« employed upon и public work of the T'niti'il States and of the District of Columbia, and...

...nineteen hundred and six, and for prior years, and for other purposes. SEC. 4. The provisions of an Act entitled "An Act relating to the limitation of the...upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia," approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and of an Act entitled...

...violation to have been excusable. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal or modify the act entitled "An act relating to the limitation of the...upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia," being chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the laws of the Fifty-second Congress,...

...appeal. Article 8 of the contract between Opdahl and the United States reads as follows : hours of dally service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and the District of Columbia, and the act of Congress approved February 24, 1905, for the protection of...

...though both voted for the resolution. Mr. Watson voted for the "eight hour law" — a measure limiting the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics...employed upon the public works of the United States to eight hours, which passed. He was also a leader in the debate on the bill to compel railroads to...

...1892, or in the Act of June 19, 1912, supra, to extend the eight hour provisions of such acts to alien laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States in a foreign country. It is indicated in your communication that the application of the eight hour...

...hundred and thirteen. Approved, June 19, 1912. Act March 3, 1913, 37 Stat. 726— Eight-Hour Work-Day An act relating to the limitation of the hours of...daily service of laborers and mechanics employed upon a public work of the United States and of the District of Columbia, and of all persons employed in...

...: And provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify the act entitled "An act relating to the limitation of the...upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia," approved August 1, 1892, as modified by the act of March 3, 1913. SEC. 15. Transfer...

...interest to the wage-workers of this State, there is here inserted the current United States law limiting the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics...employed upon the public works of the United States, etc., which is self-explanatory and which is as follows, to wit: An Act Relating to the Limitation...