United States v. Martin
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Court of Claims. This was a petition filed by Martin against the United States. The court below found the following facts : — 1. In the year 1866 or 1867 the claimant was employed by the foreman of the steam-heating and ga3 works at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, to work for the defendants at $2.50 a day, with the understanding that during the season of steaming,. which was from the 1st of October to the 1st of June, his time of labor was to be twelve hours…
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Appeal from tbe Court of Claims. This was a petition filed by Martin against the United States. The court below found the following facts : — 1. In the year 1866 or 1867 the claimant was employed by the foreman of the steam-heating and ga3 works at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, to work for the defendants at $2.50 a day, with the understanding that during the season of steaming,. which was from the 1st of October to the 1st of June, his time of labor was to be twelve hours a day. During the seasons of steam-heating he was fireman at the steam-boilers, and at other times he was employed in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
On the 25th of June, 1868, Congress passed an act (15 Stat. 77), declaring “ that eight hours shall constitute a day’s work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics now employed,- or who may hereafter be employed, by or on behalf of the government of the United States.” Rev. Stat. sect. 3738.
This was a direction by Congress to the officers and agents of the United States, establishing the principle to be observed in the labor of those engaged in its service. It prescribed the length of timé which should amount to a day’s work, when no special agreement was made upon the subject. There are…
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