Beard v. City of Atlanta

1. The ordinance under which the defendant was convicted requires that “Every licensed barber and apprentice in the city, after minimum price agreements or opening and closing agreements are operative under this article, shall procure an annual permit from the city barber board to practice under any such agreement. . . The annual fee for permits shall be five dollars.” This ordinance is attacked as unconstitutional as being in violation of Code (Ann.) § 2-401, as follows: “Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State, and no special law shall be enacted in any…