Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-218

Opinion No. 218 Labor-State Institutions-Eight Hour Day. HELD: That waitresses in college dining rooms operated by the state and guards at penitentiary are subject to the Constitution and statute which pro- vide that eight hours shall constitute II dllY'S work. May 23, 1933. You have requested my opinion as to what number of hours constitutes a day for waitresses in college dining rooms and guards at the State Peni- tentiary. Section 4 of Article XVIII of the Montana Constitution, provides: "A period of eight hours shall constitute a day's work on all works or under- takings carried on or aided by any municipal, county or state government, .... " OPI~'IO~R OF THE ATTOR~EY GE~ERAL 153 Section 3079, H. C. ~l. 1921, a~ amended hy Chapter 116, Laws of 1929. eontains similar language. In view of these express provisions of the Consti- tution and statute, it is my opinion that waitresses in the dining rooms of ;;ehools maintained by the state, as well as guards at the State Penitentiar~'. are included, and therefore eight hour;; constitutes a day's work for them. (Note: S'ee opinion No. 638, this vol- ume, re hours of labor of public of- ficers. )