Turney v. J. H. Tillman Co.

Oregon Laws, Section 6721, reads as follows:

“In all cases where labor is employed by the state, county, school district, municipality, municipal corporation or subdivision, either directly or through another, as a contractor, no person shall be required or permitted to labor, except as hereinafter provided, more than eight hours in any one day, or forty-eight *126hours in any one week, except in cases of necessity, emergency, or where the public policy absolutely requires it, in which event the person or persons so employed for excessive hours shall receive double pay for the overtime so…