PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 322 , 323-JUNE 7 , 1938 Commissioned med- ical or surgical officers. Registered nurses. Beauty parlor em- ployees. Undertakers, etc. Persons practicing physiotherapy, etc. Constitutionality. Separability provi- sion. (b) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine hospital service; (c) Registered nurses; (d) Persons employed in beauty parlors; however, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize any of the persons exempted to shave or trim the beard, or cut the hair of any person for cosmetic purposes, except that person included in the subdivision (d) hereof shall be allowed to cut the hair; or (e) Undertakers and embalmers. (f) Persons engaged in the practice of physiotherapy or massag- ing, stimulating, or exercising of the head, neck, arms, bust, or upper part of the body, when done for purposes of health and hygiene. CONSTITITrONAIrrY SEC. 17. Each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase of this Act is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase; and the finding or holding of any section, sub- section, sentence, phrase, or clause to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause shall not affect any other section, subsection, sentence, or part thereof. Repeal of other laws. REPEAL OF OTHER LAWS 47 Stat. 750 . SEC. 18. The Act of Congress of December 19, 1932, and all laws or ig sanit. portions of laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed: Pro- etc., rules not r- vided, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to limit pealed. or repeal any existing rules, regulations, or laws relating to health or sanitation. Purpose of Act. SEC. 19. The purpose of this Act shall be to prevent the spreading of diseases and promote the general health of the public by promoting sanitary conditions in barber shops and barber schools or colleges in the practice of barbering. Approved, June 7, 1938. [CHAPTER 323] June 7, 1938 [H. J . Res. 687] [Pub. Res., No. 5M4] District of Colum- bia Revenue Act of 1937, amendment. Ante, p. 368 . Business privilege taxes. Credit allowed for taxes paid on certain tangible personal property. JOINT RESOLUTION To amend title VI of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of sec- tion 7 of title 6 of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, as amended is amended to read as follows: "(b) Any tax on tangible personal property (other than motor vehicles) levied against and paid by the taxpayer to the District, within the time prescribed by law for the payment of such tax by the taxpayer, shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this title for the taxable year in which such tax on tangible personal property is paid." Approved, June 7, 1938. 624 [52 STAT.
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