Martin v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: In the year 1866 or 1867 the claimant was employed by the foreman of the steam-heating and gas-works at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, to work for the defendants at $2.50 a day, with, tbe 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.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: In the year 1866 or 1867 the claimant was employed by the foreman of the steam-heating and gas-works at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, to work for the defendants at $2.50 a day, with, tbe 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 assisting in repairing pipes, digging and shoveling, or in ordinary labor and work. In…
1Opinion of the CourtBichardson, J.
• The claimant was employed by the defendants’ agents as fireman and laborer, at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, at wages of $2.50 per day, with the understanding that between October and June his time of working was to be twelve .hours each cal*280endar day. Daring the other months he worked eight hours a day. Such was the petitioner’s contract, his work, and his pay when, on the 25th of June, 1868, Cong’ress passed the act (15 Stat. L., 77) declaring “ that eight hours shall constitute a day’s worhfor all laborers, worhmen, and mechanics now employed, or who may hereafter be employed, by or on…
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