State v. Buchanan

Citations

• 29 Wash. 602
• 59 L.R.A. 342
• 70 P. 52
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 621

Syllabus

<p>CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — LÍBERTY OF CONTRACT — REGULATION OF HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES.</p> <p>The act of 1901 regulating and limiting the hours of employment of females in an]r mechanical or mercantile establishment (Laws 1901, p. 118), by forbidding their employment for more than ten hours during any day, is a legitimate exercise of the police power of the state, enacted for the welfare of society at large, and therefore constitutional, although a restriction to some extent upon the right of women to contract their labor. (Seattle v. Smyth, 22 Wash. 327, distinguished.)</p>