...individuals. 2 The next Act, that of June 25, 1868 (15 Statutes at Large, 77), declares that '' eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics, now employed, or who shall be employed, by, or on behalf of the United States." It was discussed at length, in the case...

...in relation to the hours of labor of those persons employed by the Commonwealth. It provides that " nine hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics now employed by or on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or any county, city or town therein ; and all...

...MANUFACTURING. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety is hereby amended by inserting, in the first line, after the word "no", the words: — person or, — and by striking out, in the first...

...enacted, etc., as follows: Section twenty-six of chapter three hundred and twenty ISM, SM, JM, of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety is "'"'' hereby amended by striking out in the first and second lines, the words "and aldermen shall annually in the month of...

...be considered. In 1868, Congress passed an act now standing as section 3738 RS, as follows : "Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics who may be employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States." This act, without question,...

...us see. On June 25, 1868, the following 8-hour bill became a law : "Be it enacted, etc. That eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics now employed by, or who 1872, he again proclaimed on the subject, and in October of the same year a decision of...

...National, as just and beneficial. Congress only a short time ago passed a statute which provides that eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics, who may be employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States. If an eighthour law is...

...hereby amended * h so as to read as follows: Section 1 (as amended by cliapter 570, Acts of 1907). Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics now or hereafter employed by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, or of any county therein, or of any city...

...expended in dredging inside of harbor lines duly established. July 13, 1892, section 5. babor. Eight hours shall constitute a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the United States. Ju lie 25, 1868. Limited to eight hours in any one calendar...

...chapter four hundred and twenty-eight of 1890, 428, §5. . ... ... , } , , . . , jji Abîmer entitled the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety is hereby amended by to damages, etc. inserting after the words " of the grade of, a public way " in the third line thereof,...