Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1906 — Scope of the Eight-Hour Law. [ARTICLE]

Scope of the Eight-Hour Law.

The opinion was rendered by the Departmenttof Justice that the law limiting to eight tlie hours of labor on public works does not apply to vessels under construction in private shipyards, or to supplies contracted for by the quartermaster, general. This-is based on the theory that such industries are not? properly speaking, “public works.”