route service for the current fiscal year in excess of the
appropriation therefor contained in that particular act.
15. Waiver of Performance-Increased Price of Supplies.-The
Secretary of the Treasury has no authority to relieve a
contractor from the performance of his contract to furnish
supplies to the Government because of the increased price
thereof incident to the European War. 301.
EIGHT-HOUR STIPULATION. See EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
GUARANTY OF DEPOSITS. See NATIONAL BANKS, 1.
LETTERS OF PROPOSAL AND ACCEPTANCE. See EIGHT-HOUR
LAW, 14.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL. See LINCOLN MEMORIAL, 1.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS. See EIGHT-HOUR LAW, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
PURCHASE OF PRINTING AND BINDING SUPPLIES. See EIGHT-
HOUR LAW, 7; PUBLIC PRINTER, 3, 4.
REIMBURSING SUBCONTRACTOR FOR EARTHQUAKE LOSSES. See
EARTHQUAKE LOSSES, 1, 2.
COPPER SCRAP, PANAMA. See CONTRACts, 2.
1. Lithographic Prints.-In the issuance of copyrights for litho-
graphic prints, the Register of Copyrights is vested with
some discretionary powers of investigation, and may re-
quire a satisfactory showing of compliance with the plain
conditions prescribed by the copyright law. 422.
2. Same.-Whether certain lithographic prints produced in Ger-
many are works of art" within the meaning of section 15
of the copyright act of March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1078), is a
question of fact which should be determined by the Copy-
right Office, rather than by the Attorney General. 422.
CORPORATIONS.
DOMESTIC. See INCOME TAX, 4.
FOREIGN, RIGHT TO WATER POWER PERMIT. See NATIONAL
FORESTS, 1.
STOCK OWNED BY NONRESIDENT ALIENS. See INCOME TAX, 1, 4.
CREDIT, EMERGENCY. See POSTAL SAVINGS SYSTEM, 1.
WATER POWER PERMITS. See NATIONAL FORESTS, 1.
CREW SPACE ON VESSELS. See VESSELS, 5, 6.
SUGAR IMPORTED INTO UNITED STATES. See CUSTOMS LAWS, 5.
1. Drawback on Articles Shipped to Guam and Tutuila.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury may not authorize a drawback on arti-
cles shipped from this country to Gaum and Tutuila under
section 25 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909 (36 Stat. 90).
231.
2. Same.-Entry of Wood Pulp.-Wood pulp shipped to the United
States from Norway on through bills of lading but trans-
shipped en route at Rotterdam is entitled to free entry by
virtue of the favored-nation clause in the subsisting treaty
between the United States and Norway, provided such wood
pulp is the product of Norway and otherwise conforms to
the conditions prescribed by section 2 of the so-called Can-
adian reciprocity act of July 26, 1911 (37 Stat. 11). 224.
3. Same. Such transshipment merely for transportation purposes
does not prevent the goods from being "imported directly "
from Norway "into the United States" within the meaning
of the act. 224.
4. Importation of Coffee into Porto Rico.-So much of the provi-
sions of sections 2 and 3 of the act of April 12, 1900 (31 Stat.
77), as refers to the importation of coffee into Porto Rico
was repealed by the tariff act of August 5, 1909 (36 Stat.
71), and is no longer in force, but the provisions of the
tariff act of October 3, 1913 (38 Stat. 152), including cof-
fee upon the free list, are applicable to its importation into
Porto Rico. 275.
5. Preferential on Cuban Sugar.-Under the rates of duty im-
posed by paragraph 177 of the tariff act of October 3, 1913,
and effective March 1, 1914 (38 Stat. 131), the 20 per cent
preferential on Cuban sugar imported into the United States
continues on and after the latter date. 259.
6. Reliquidation of Entries.-The Secretary of the Treasury has
authority under section 25 of the tariff act of August 27,
1894 (28 Stat. 552), to direct reliquidation of certain entries
covering imported merchandise, upon the basis of the rate
of exchange in this country for the foreign currency speci-
fied in the invoice when the value of such currency at the
prevailing rate is at least 10 per cent less than the pro-
claimed value. 450.
COLLECTORS. See COLLECTORS OF PORTS; INTERNAL REVENUE,
2, 3.
SURRENDER OF HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS. See WAR DEPARTMENT,
1, 2.
DENTAL RESERVE CORPS.
NAVY. See NAVY, 1.
ACTING ASSISTANT, NAVY. See NAVY, 1.
DEPOSITORIES FOR POSTAL SAVINGS. See FEDERAL RESERVE
BANKS, 3, 4.
DEPOSITS, GUARANTY OF. See NATIONAL BANKS, 1.
TENURE OF OFFICE. See INTERNAL REVENUE, 2, 3.
DISBURSING CLERK.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. See LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF.
Recorder of Deeds Office-Transfer to Control of Attorney Gen-
eral. It would require the sanction of Congress to place the
office of recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia under
the administrative control and supervision of the Attorney
General. 119.
DRAWBACK. See CUSTOMS LAWS, 1.
EARTHQUAKE LOSSES.
1. Customhouse at San Francisco-Payment for Earthquake Losses
by Contractor.-The provision of the act of May 27, 1908 (35
Stat. 318), which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury
to reimburse the contractor for the loss sustained by him
in consequence of the earthquake and fire of 1906 in con-
structing the customhouse at San Francisco, does not war-
rant any payment to his subcontractors for their individual
losses due to these causes. 46.
2. Same. If, however, the contractor should, in pursuance of
his verbal understanding with the subcontractors, pay them
an amount properly attributable to said earthquake and
fire, he would be entitled to be reimbursed for that amount
of the appropriation in question. 46.
EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF.
COPY FOR ANNUAL REPORT. See PUBLIC PRINTER, 1.
1. Contracts for the purchase of locomotives made according to
standard designs and assembled as ordered, of parts kept
in stock, are excepted from the operation of the eight-hour
law of June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 137). 49.
2. Manufacture of Ammunition.—The provision contained in the
fortification act of June 6, 1912 (37 Stat. 127), relative to
the eight-hour law applies only to employees, laborers, and
mechanics while engaged in the work of manufacturing the
ammunition named therein, and does not establish any gen-
eral rule governing the employees of the contractor beyond
EIGHT-HOUR LAW-Continued.
their occupation in carrying out the work embraced in the
contract with the Government. 16.
3. Marble and Stone for Public Buildings.-The provisions of the
eight-hour law of June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 137), do not apply
to the labor involved in the dressing of marble and stone
for public buildings, such labor not being performed at the
sites of the buildings themselves, since marble and stone
clearly belong in their nature to articles or materials ordi-
narily to be bought in the open market, although they may
be dressed and finished in a manner peculiar to the needs
of a particular building. 211.
4. Marble for Lincoln Memorial.-A subcontractor furnishing cut
and finished marble for the Lincoln Memorial should be
excepted from the operation of the eight-hour law of June
19, 1912 (37 Stat. 137), if it be found that such marble is
a material or article which is usually manufactured in
standard forms for the general market and which producers
or dealers usually offer for sale in the course of their
business. 364.
5. Panama Canal.-The act of March 3, 1913, regulating the
hours of service of laborers and mechanics employed on
Government work and persons employed in constructing,
maintaining, and improving the rivers and harbors of the
United States, does not apply to persons performing serv-
ices similar to those of laborers and mechanics employed
in connection with dredging work on the Panama Canal.
139.
6. Same.-Alien Laborers.-The above-mentioned act has not re-
pealed or modified the provisions in the acts of February
27, 1906, and June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 33, 669), relating to
alien laborers and to the foremen and superintendents of
such laborers. 139.
7. Printing and Binding Production.-Contracts for the purchase
of the articles used in printing and binding production
herein enumerated are excepted from the operation of the
eight-hour law of June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 137), being such
articles as are usually bought in open market and in some
instances being also classed as supplies for the Govern-
ment. 24.
8. Appropriations-Public Building Contracts.-Contracts for pub-
lic buildings for which appropriation was made in full prior
to June 19, 1912, are not required to contain the eight-hour
workday stipulation prescribed by section 1 of the act of
June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 137). 137.
9. Same. The eight-hour law of June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 137), has
not repealed or modified the eight-hour law of August 1,
EIGHT-HOUR LAW-Continued.
1892 (27 Stat. 340), and hence the latter still applies to
work done on public buildings, no matter when the appro-
priation therefor may have been made. 137.
10. Same. So also where the limit of cost of a public building has
been fixed by law and the authority has been given to enter
into contracts up to the full limit prior to June 19, 1912,
but the appropriation therefor has been only partly made
prior to that time, the contracts for that portion of the
work appropriated for subsequent thereto are not required
to contain said eight-hour stipulation. 137.
11. Public Building Contracts-Employment of Labor.-The eight-
hour workday restriction of the act of June 19, 1912 (37
Stat. 137), known as the eight-hour law, applies to the em-
ployment of labor on the work contemplated by the con-
tract, and it is immaterial by whom the labor is employed,
whether by a contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontrac-
tor. 31.
12. Same.-Contracts excepted from the operation of the eight-
hour law need not contain the eight-hour stipulation. 31.
13. Same. When contracts are made by letters of proposal and
acceptance, the latter should contain the eight-hour stipula
tion. 31.
14. Same.-Contracts for the purchase of the materials and articles
entering into the construction of public buildings herein
enumerated are excepted from the provisions of the eight-
hour law. Opinion of January 21, 1913 (30 Op. 24), fol-
lowed. 31.
15. Same. In the construction of public buildings, where the Gov-
ernment contracts for the furnishing of the materials and
labor as well as for the erection of the building but the
purchases of the materials are made directly by the con-
tractor or subcontractor, the purchases of such materials
by the contractor or subcontractor are subject to the ex-
ceptions in section 2 of the eight-hour law of June 19, 1912
(37 Stat. 137). 133.
16. Same. Where Congress has fixed the limit of cost of a public
building and made a partial appropriation therefor prior
to June 19, 1912, but subsequent thereto has increased the
limit of cost, the contract for the erection of said building,
whether entered into before or after the time when said
limit of cost is so increased, is excepted from the operation
of section 1 of the eight-hour law of June 19, 1912 (37
Stat. 137). 150.
17. Public Highway in Minnesota.-The Federal statutes regulat-
ing the hours of labor do not apply to the improvement of
selected roads over which rural delivery is or may be estab-
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