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... constitution- ality of statutes establishing the working day of eight hours for persons in the employ of the federal government , in the employ of states or municipali- ties under contract , and in the employ of corpora- tions where the ...
... constitution- ality of statutes establishing the working day of eight hours for persons in the employ of the federal government , in the employ of states or municipali- ties under contract , and in the employ of corpora- tions where the ...
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... constitutional by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in the case of the People vs. the Hamilton Manufacturing Company ( 120 Mass . , 385 , 1876 ) , in which it was held that the legislature had full power to restrict by statute the ...
... constitutional by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in the case of the People vs. the Hamilton Manufacturing Company ( 120 Mass . , 385 , 1876 ) , in which it was held that the legislature had full power to restrict by statute the ...
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Florence Kelley. without penalties ; so as the same be not repugnant to this constitution , as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the Commonwealth , and for the governing thereof . " Many states have since followed the ...
Florence Kelley. without penalties ; so as the same be not repugnant to this constitution , as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the Commonwealth , and for the governing thereof . " Many states have since followed the ...
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... constitution of Illinois . The state constitution could be altered , so that thereafter the hours of labor could be regulated by legislative enactment , as in the older industrial communities . The court , however 140 SOME ETHICAL GAINS.
... constitution of Illinois . The state constitution could be altered , so that thereafter the hours of labor could be regulated by legislative enactment , as in the older industrial communities . The court , however 140 SOME ETHICAL GAINS.
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... Constitution of the United States the basis of its decision . If this position were correct , all effort for legislative restriction of the working day would be wasted , since there is no prospect of change in the Constitution of the ...
... Constitution of the United States the basis of its decision . If this position were correct , all effort for legislative restriction of the working day would be wasted , since there is no prospect of change in the Constitution of the ...
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Page 330 - If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. Sec. 8. That the term
Page 304 - The former naturally desire to obtain as much labor as possible from their employees, while the latter are often induced by the fear of discharge to conform to regulations which their judgment, fairly exercised, would pronounce to be detrimental to their health or strength. In other words, the proprietors lay down the rules and the laborers are practically constrained to obey them. In such cases self-interest is often an unsafe guide, and the legislature may properly interpose its authority.
Page 263 - And these may be reduced to three principal or primary articles ; the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty and the right of private property...
Page 320 - The powers of the legislature are defined and limited, and that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten the Constitution is written. To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained...
Page 327 - Provided, That no article shall be deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of this Act when intended for export to any foreign country and prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser...
Page 264 - THE third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of property : which consists in the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions, without any control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land.
Page 334 - ... shall be liable to be proceeded against in any district court of the United States within the district where the same is found, and seized for confiscation by a process of libel for condemnation.
Page 330 - Second. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the article. Third. If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted.
Page 292 - Due process of law, in spite of the absolutism of continental governments, is not alien to that code which survived the Roman Empire as the foundation of modern civilization in Europe, and which has given us that fundamental maxim 'of distributive justice — suum cuique tribuere.
Page 276 - ... to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances...