Constitutionality of Barber Law

Blumberg, Deputy Attorney General,

You have requested us to advise you “whether the Opinion of the Court in the case of Philadelphia School of Beauty Culture v. State Board of Cosmetology, 78 D. & C. 111, 1951, which held that Section 7 of the Beauty Culture Law (Act of May 3, 1933, P. L. 242) was unconstitutional is likewise applicable to paragraph (c) sec. 12 of the Barber Law (Act of June 19, 1931, P. L. 589, as amended).”

Permit us first to call your attention to the fact that the above case, also reported in 62 Dauph. 5, declared unconstitutional only that portion of section 7 of the…