State v. Lange Canning Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Eau Claire county: James Wicxham:, Circuit Judge. Action to recover forfeiture for violations of sec. 1728 — 2, Stats., regulating hours of employment of women.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Eau Claire county: James Wicxham:, Circuit Judge. Action to recover forfeiture for violations of sec. 1728 — 2, Stats., regulating hours of employment of women. The complaint sets forth thirty causes of action, in each of which continuous employment of a woman by the defendant in a pea-canning factory at a gainful occupation for a continuous period of from fourteen hours to seventeen and one-half hours, exclusive of meal periods, part of which working-period was before and part after 8 o’clock p. m., is charged. The statutory' provisions material…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe following opinions were filed May 2, 1916:
EoseNbeery, J.
Three questions are presented for determination upon this appeal:(1) Does tbe statute limit tbe number of hours women may be employed in any one calendar day where tbe work is done partly before and partly after 8 o’clock p. m. of that day?(2) Is. tbe statute void for tbe reason that it unlawfully delegates legislative power to tbe industrial commission ?(3) íf it is held that the provision delegating certain powers to tbe industrial commission is unconstitutional and therefore void, can tbe remainder of tbe act stand as a valid…
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