Malette v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered July 1, 1911, overruling objections of a property owner to an assessment for a local improvement, upon appeal from the city council.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
In 1899 the legislature passed an act fixing the hours of labor upon public works, which provides that, “hereafter eight hours in any calendar day shall constitute a day’s work done for the state or for any county or municipality within the state.” Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6573. In 1903 it was provided that, “it is a part of the public policy of the state of Washington that all work” by contract or day labor, done “for it or any political subdivision cre*579ated by its laws, shall be performed in work days of not more than eight hours each” (Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6575) ; and that all contracts for such…
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