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TuE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
AusiN 11. TEXAS
WILL WILSON
July 24, 1962
Honorable R. B. Latting Opinion No. WW-1394
Commissioner
Bureau of Labor Statistics Re: Construction of the term
Austin, Texas "calendar week" as used
in Article 5172a, Vernon's
Dear Mr. Latting: Civil Statutes.
You have requested an opinion from this office upon the
question of:
"Does the term 'calendar week' as used in
the statute jTrticle 5172a, Vernon's Civil
Statutes7 mean the period Sunday through Satur-
day as registered on the calendar, or does the
term 'calendar week' mean a fixed and regularly
recurring period of 168 hours - seven consecu-
tive 24-hour periods?"
Section 1 of Article 5172a, Vernon's Civil Statutes,
reads in part as follows:
"No female shall be employed in any factory
S. . or any other establishment, institution or
enterprise where females are employed, for more
than nine (9) hours in any one calendar day, nor
more than fifty-four (54) hours in any one calen-
dar week." (Emphasis added)
A review of Article 5172a reveals that the term "calendar week"
appears in like manner throughout the statute.
While there have been no cases before the appellate
courts of this State construing the term "calendar week" as
used in Article 5172a, or otherwise, there have been cases be-
fore the appellate courts of other Jurisdictions dealing with
the interpretation to be placed upon the term "calendar week,"
and in one instance in a situation where there was involved a
statute substantially identical to Article 5172a.
In the case of Chrysler Corporation v. State, 163 A.2d
239 (Del.Sup. 1960), the Supreme Court of Delaware had before it
an appeal from a conviction involving violations of a statute
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