Legal Opinion
Adkins v. Children's Hospital of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1923No. Nos. 795 and 796PublishedCited by 460 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
The question presented for determination by these appeals is the constitutionality of the Act of September 19, 1918, providing for the fixing of minimum wages for women and children in the District of Columbia. 40 Stat. 960, c. 174.
The act provides for a board of three members, to be constituted, as far as practicable, so as to be equally repre-. *540.sehtative of employers, employees and the public. The board is authorized to have public hearings, at which persons interested in the matter being investigated may appear and testify, to administer oaths, issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of…
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