State Ex Rel. Strain v. Houston

Iíabt, J.

The questions of law presented by this record are: (1) Is it the duty of the relator, as Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, to enforce the provisions of Section 17-la, General Code, and, if so, may he invoke the remedy of mandamus against the respondent for that purpose? (2) May the Legislature enact a general law “fixing and regulating the hours of labor” of firemen employed by cities, and providing “for the comfort, health, safety and general welfare” of such firemen, or are such provisions matters of local self-government, not subject to regulation or control by…