Wagner v. City of Milwaukee

Two-questions are here presented:

First. May a common council fix and determine what shall be a minimum prevailing wage scale to- be paid by the city to its own employees and also- require its contractors to pay their employees such rate ?

Second. If there be such a power, is there here an un*414warranted delegation to some outside body of the authority to determine such wage scale?

In view of the fact that both questions are here fully argued, are of importance, and require present determination, we shall, although disposing of the present cáse upon an affirmative answer to the second, nevertheless…