OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

EocOrCkb18 John D. Reed, Conmissioner 

&uxKiu or Labor statiatioe 

Amtin, Texas 

Dear Slrc 

This All 

et&d above* 

ackoml 

As we 

d a8 rOliOW6Z 

hall be oz~ployod In any ftoatory, 

bopi ziechanical~ or nercmtfla 

tel, restnurant, crooning hotine, 

;ieturs show, br,rbc_n nhop, tola8 or other or;fice, ex~resf.3 or 

or say mx3to hstitntfon, 

, iastitut:on or enter- 

:riso -,rtiaro f~alos are employed, for xxo than 

nfno tiouru in as3 one cul~n5z.r dzp, zor ::ore than 

flftpfour hours in a&y one oAlendar we~k.~ 
1933, 

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?Any eiqloyar, overseer, superintendent,. 

torerrsn or other R.<aiXt ,of tiny sileh azployer who. 

ellall per:rit any fomle to 7ro33 in any place 

mnticnsd in the first Article of ,t!iis Chqter 

more thanthe mmber of ho?lrs provided therein 

in any on0 

in any one t 

1) iiay of twenty,-four (24) hours or 

1) week, or who shall violato my 

of the ottid grovisioos or recpiramnts of this 

Chapter ia any respect, or who having furnished 

and provfded suitable seats as provided for in 

the second Article or tb;ia Chapter, shell by 

intim$datfon, instruction, threats, or fn any 

mmner prevont such femle fmm nittinr, thereon, 

when sot titteadiA5 the dxti,?s of her poaitian, 

shall be fined not leos than 'I"ifty Dollars 

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fi50.00) nor s?ora than Two iiuudrad Dollars 

&200.00). Yeah day of such violation end each 

aalcndar reek of such violati.on, end eeoh suoh 

enployea pe~rz3ittad to mrk in said pl~\cos nofe 

than the &ours so.speoified in this Chqter, 

and every tither violation of the provisions 

of this Chapter ahal. be oonsidtired a separate 

0rr~sth:. 

-Artlcle~l569, ?anal Code, es smnded by Aots~lS33, 

43rd leg., p. 235, ah. ll.4, read3 88 fo1hw81 

90 female ahall be ewloyedr 

,"l. In any rectory, nine, till, v+orkshop, 

mecfia3ical or mrmntilo astablio?xmnt, hotolj 

rastaUrent, roo3i.n~ houea, theater, nbvins 

?lotu?e show, bwber 500ps beauty .sho,s, road 

side drink end/or food vending astablishzont, 

telo.~rqh, telephone or other,offioa, axpws5~ 

or trannportatlon ooxi?any, or any Stat0 institution, or acy other establisk?nant, inntitution 

or onter?rise where farales era ozq9.oyed, for 

sore than nine (9) hcur3 in any oae (1) calendor ijay nor 52ara then fifty-four (54) hours 

in any one (I.) aalendar woei;. 

In any la*mdry or olennlnr, and-messIng e%b&bnent for ;1om than fifty-fo& (54) 

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Dononttle Joti’D. Reed, CominLssioner~ page 3 

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gum in one (1) celerrdsr woek; the hour8 

of work to be so ~arxnn3ed sa to i?m!~%t the 

. oxploymnt of such~ faxale fit any tl?ie so 

that. ehe shsll nvt %ork xore than a EG&LWII 

of alcven (11) M3rs durin,: the twenty-four 

(24) hour period of ona (1) dq. 

“3; In any ,ceotory eqsgd In the nanu- 

~fccture of cottvn, woolen or wvrated goods 

or P,rtiClaa of mrC!:amIine r=hnufaatured out 

of cotton gvods, for nore t&an tsn (10) houra 

in any 0x16 (1) colondsr day her ~1ora than 

oirty (30) hours lo any one.oalondsr seek,* 

Th4aDDlfca3le provisims oi the yoderal i?aIr Labor 

etsndsrda Act are oontoined in subseat2on (a), Seotion 7 of 

tho Aot, 29 13. 3. C. A. i. 207(a), and ate h4ro ccpiedr 

*(a) MO explogsr shall, ercqt as otherrpfs4~ grcvldad In this noetion mploy any of 

his employuaa who is engaged in cox.rsroe or. 

ln the prodzo%io~ of gooda for aomxeroe G 

I= for a workwoeh lon:;sr tbad fortyfour hours duriq the first yetir t2o;si the erf40- 

tiv4 date of this seotioh, 

“(3) for a -iorkwevk Lohger than fortytwos ‘home durin&tha second yeor from auah 

dnte~, or ‘~ 

“(3) for 8 rrorkmek longer then forty 

hours after the expiration of the aeoond year 

from. aaoh dater 

f? I:, c:* 

section 19 of the Tedsml atstutb; a’uZra, ( i 213, 

C~& .A~) daflr?on the prohibited ucte~ ena daclnros it 

unl?mSl .to’violste ,Sootion 7 (29 Us. Si C. A, i 2@7)$ while 

hction 10 (29 i.i. 3. cv A. 1 216 j proscrfbes the penalties, 

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Ronorable JohD D* Reed, ConImlss1oncrs, Paage 4 

crlnlnal as 7;elL as civil. For a willful violation the 

- acouzed is subject .to fine of not :?oro than $lO,OOO,OO or 

to i,m?rieonment for not more than six months, Or both. 

3aotios 235 of the Judicial Uode of the United 

stetsta, 08 ammded, (U+ 3. C. A. 1 371) oontains the follow-J.53 lan5uu5er 

The jurindlotion’vested in the courts 

of the United Stnteo in the cases and groaeedln~s’ hereinafter mentioned, shall be exclusive 

of the courts of the several Statesr 

Thirst , of all ori.& and offenses ao’5nlmable 

under the authority of the Unit.ed States.” . 

The.&rrect of this statute 18 to sloe exclusive 

jurisdiction to the courta of the United States ovtir, offenaos 

deiined nnd m%ae punishable by z8&0r&i lew, nnd unless provialon is made for concurrent $urlsdlctlon by express lan+e3;a, 

positively excludvs proseoutfom in the Stste axrter’ 530s 

lhxtln X. State, 124 Tar. Cr. R. 246, 61 S. ‘k7. (Zd) 8891 

Cross v. State, 10 9. Ct. 47, 132 0. 9. 131, 33 L. Zd. 207; 

l?iomna v. Lomy, 10 3. Ct. 584, 134 U. 9. 372, 33 L. Rd. 

949, tend many other cases both Federal enb State, oollkted 

in notes 28 I?. S. Cr A. 1 371. 

Rev&tin5 to the. provisions of the Federal yalr 

Iabor Standards Aot, sqrs, Ft is observed that the law does 

not limit t!ze number of hours. whioh tin employer engaged in 

interstate coe~merce mi.:;ht require his omploynes to York 

du.rinS each weok, but it doan regclre thet such employees 

es are com?ellod to *sor): for a ~longar ps%$kd of hours, than 

the ^laximum aresorfbed mttet be pefd additional coapensationr 

hate the underaaored portion of the statute copied above. 

on the other hund, the Tems statutes re,l.atinz to female 

eiql~yeos prohibit th3 ‘ezgloyer from extendIn the hour9 

,Of or;$.oyzont bsyond the maxir;um desig.nateC, re:>rdlesa of 

co?ennntion or contrsat. 

lo ctieouos~ed inthe.case of Elnck Yountain Corporatlon.vr 

The pn?osa of tbo Federal Act 

AUklns, 290 X-J. 617, 13 3. vi. (Zd) 200, ‘en8 the o::l,nion 

~1:) tkt CQSS -makes it claar to us t&t the Ccngresa of the 

~d.tod States h3.s not, ULI yet, divasted the acvereiig~ State 

of l’oxes r?f ita power anC rii;ht to anforoe the ,above quoted 

etntutea, 

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penal PCoGed art3e atill sIn ir1.111 full forgo force e and efroct, irrespwive 

of or tSle accuracy accurao~ or aP the ruling, nentioned by you by the iyage 

and Rcur Rcur lJivision, Uivlsic United States Dkpartment or Labor, that 

the the Federal ibae Ftir Iabor 8tandarda Act or 19% apolies to 

oannlng oannlng plants that tmt ship ship pirt mrt4 or or all all or of tkiair p50auOts in 

lnteretate OweI wzimeraef, 

. Your3 very truly 

CSCZRAL'OF TEXAS