Executive Order No. 6252, August 19, 1933
The Functions, Powers and Regulations of the Public Works
Administration
A. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 201 (a) of the
National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, I
hereby delegate to the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public
Works the following functions and powers:
1. To establish such agencies, to accept and utilize such voluntary and uncompensated
services, and to utilize such Federal officers and employees and, with the consent of the
State, such State and local officers and employees as he may find necessary, and to
prescribe their authorities, duties, responsibilities, and tenure.
2. Under the conditions prescribed in Section 203 of said Act, to construct, finance,
or aid in the construction or financing of any public works project included in the
program prepared pursuant to Section 202 of said Act; upon such terms as he shall
prescribe, to make grants to States, municipalities, or other public bodies for the
construction, repair, or improvement of any such project; to acquire by purchase, or by
exercise of the power of eminent domain, any real or personal property in connection with
the construction of any such project and to lease any such property with or without the
privilege of purchase; and to aid in the financing of such railroad maintenance and
equipment as may be approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission as desirable for the
improvement of transportation facilities.
3. In deciding to extend any aid or grant to any State county, or municipality, to consider whether action is in process or in good faith assured therein reasonably designated to bring the ordinary current expenditures thereof within the prudently estimated revenues thereof.
4. In his discretion, and under such terms as he may prescribe, to extend any of the benefits of Title II of said Act to any State, county, or municipality notwithstanding any constitutional or legal restriction or limitation on the right or power of such State, county, or municipality to borrow money or incur indebtedness.
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 209 of the
National Industrial Recovery Act I hereby prescribe the following
rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes
of Title II of said Act:
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No convict of labor shall be employed on any project
constructed in whole or in part under the provisions of Title II of
said Act. No materials manufactured or produced by convict
labor shall be used on any such project.
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No contractor or sub-contractor on any such project who is
subject to a code adopted pursuant to Title I of said Act shall
permit any employee to work in excess of the hours of labor
prescribed in said code. No other contractor or sub-contractor shall
permit any employee to work more than 30 hours in any one
week, except by authority of the Administrator; provided that
working time lost in any week because of inclement weather or
unavoidable delay may be worked within the succeeding 20
days; provided further, that in localities where a sufficient
amount of labor is unavailable in the immediate vicinity of the
project maximum of 130 hours of labor in any calendar month
may be authorized by the Administrator; provided further, that
in localities so remote and inaccessible that employees must be
housed in camps the Administrator may authorize labor not to
exceed 8 hours in any one day and 40 hours in any one week.
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No employee on any such project shall be paid less than a
just and reasonable wage which shall be compensation sufficient
to provide for the hours of labor as limited, a standard of living
in decency and comfort. All such wages shall be paid in lawful
money of the United States in the full amount earned by each
individual at the time of payment, not less often than once each
week, and without deduction on accounts of goods purchased,
rent, or other obligations, which obligations shall be subject to
collection only by legal process.
4. Each contractor or sub-contractor on any such project shall post in prominent and
easily accessible place at the site of the work a legible statement of all wage rates
paid.
5. Should it appear that any individual employed on any such project has been or is
being paid less than hereinbefore prescribed, the Administrator shall notify the employer
of such individual to pay him all wages due according to the prescribed rate. Upon 10
days default on the part of such employer he shall be liable to the penalties provided in
said Act for violation of these regulations.
6. Any violation of these rules and regulations may be notified by the Administrator
to the District Attorney of the appropriate district, who will proceed, if so directed by
the Attorney General, to bring criminal action for such violation.
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