 June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now,...  House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d ... - Page 344by United States. Congress. House - 1881Full view - About this book
 | W. Cave Tait - Labor laws and legislation - 1884 - 194 pages
...of Congress approved June 25 1868 entitled an act constituting eight hours a legal days work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, eight hours constitute a days work for all such laborers, workmen and mechanics;... | |
 | John Lord Hayes - Hours of labor - 1886 - 32 pages
...act of Congress of June 25, 1848, declaring that eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, is in the nature of a direction by the Government to its agents. (2) It is not... | |
 | Canada. Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital - Labor - 1889 - 204 pages
...the contract. Congress has also passed a law that " eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics employed by, or on behalf of, the Government of the United States." That a corresponding reduction of pay does not necessarily follow a decrease... | |
 | J. Morrison-Fuller, Walter C. Rose - Political science - 1891 - 566 pages
...circulation of bank-notes issued under State authority. Constituting eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, or by or on behalf of the District of Columbia, or by contractors doing work... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Navy-yards and naval stations - 1892 - 244 pages
...sail loft.* By another act, approved June 28, 1868, eight hours was constituted a day's work " for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States." A supplementary act May 23, 1872, gave to the laborers and workmen a full day's... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 532 pages
...Congress approved June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now, therefore,... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - Constitutional law - 1897 - 860 pages
...hand, by Rev. St. US § 3738, It is provided that "eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the government of the United States." On the construction of this statute, see US v. Martin, 94 US 400. •« Braceville... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1897 - 672 pages
...Congress approved June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now, therefore,... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 672 pages
...Congress approved June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now, therefore,... | |
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