Show N 1 fOR FORCE f AD PIl N NF OF F SlAY DA Y REEK Atto Attorney ney General Hands Down Opinion Upon I Boards Board's Duties r It 1 The Time Utah state b building Ion cannot force tho the contractors to toa a adopt a five five day lay ay week week Attorney General George F P. P Parker said Sat Sat- urda The Tho was opinion opinion was given In response Q to o the query of ot William M M. Knerr chairman of or the state Industrial l commission The Time act net cr creating crating the commission slon does not give Ivo that body the thc right to o force torce tho the contractor to pay the tho prevailing scale of or wages nor does doest It t force him to employ Utah labor the thc attorney general said Construing the act as a a whole the he attorney generals general's opinion reads the Intent seems to be bo that the tho chief duty of oC tho the commission Is to t o obtain a a. certain typo tp of ot building or nt of a a. given Iven quality at atas atas atas as small a a. monetary no etal outlay a as pos poe sible the time act net providing for work to tobe tobe tojo be jo done aone by tho the lowest qualified bidder POWERS NOT GIVEN In SIn my opinion the tho act does not give she to to tho commission the tb powers mentioned by you by tion While a a. clause In the contract calling for tor tore je e stated benefits to laborers would jio doubt be of ot benefit benefit bene bene- fit It to the state stale from a L social standpoint standpoint standpoint stand stand- point such a benefit does not seem to be one of or tho the objectives of the building commission act In In a Kansas case tho the court laid down own a a. rule rulo that when by statute official powers and duties are conferred conferred con con- or imposed upon a public of officer of- of fleer or official board the only urn plied powers possessed by such officer of or of- of ricer or board are those which arcs ai-a necessary for tor the tho effective and discharge ot of time the duties a andY and d. d powers expressly conferred and tin tin- posed STRICT CONSTRUCTION It has baA also been hold bold that acts act conferring statutory powers an tux officer are to b be strictly con con con- A number of ot states have held that It Is within th the statutory f pow powers era ers of ot the legislature to pass public works statutes embodying the tho fixIng fix fix- Ing lug wage of t week on public works work although some soma states denied such power legislatures to |