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PUBLIC LAW 89—JULY 30, 1951
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Act entitled "An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other D. c. Code §47-113. purposes", approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 555), under the subheading "For Auditor's Office" under the heading "General Expenses" as reads: "deputy disbursing officer, who shall hereafter, in the absence of the disbursing officer, be authorized to transact all duties pertaining to said disbursing officer, and who shall be required to give bond to the said disbursing officer in the sum of $25,000i conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of his office,'but said disbursing officer to be responsible to the United States, District of Columbia, and the people whom he pays, as now required by law, $1,500;". Approved July 30, 1951.
Public Law 89 July 30, 1951 [S. 573]
CHAPTER 251 AN ACT
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate barbers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved June 7, 1938, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate barbers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved June 7, 1938 (52 Stat. 622), be amended to read as follows: "SEC. 12, The Commissioners are authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters for the Board. The compensation of each member of the Board, other than the secretary-treasurer, shall be fixed by the Commissioners at not to exceed $20 for each day actually and necessarily spent in their duties as such members: Provided, That the total compensation payable to each such member shall not exceed $600 per annum. The Commissioners are also authorized and directed to appoint such clerks, inspectors, and other personnel as they deem to be necessary to assist the Board in carrying out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That such inspectors shall be qualified barbers, each of whom shall have been engaged in the practice of barbering in the District of Columbia for a period of five years immediately prior to their appointment and shall be appointed after a competitive examination held for said positions by the Board. Compensation of such clerks, inspectors, and other personnel, including the secretarytreasurer of the Board, shall be fixed by the Commissioners. Payments for expenses of the Board, including those authorized by this section, shall not exceed the amount received from the fees provided for in this Act; and if at the close of any fiscal year there be any funds unexpended in excess of the sum of $1,000 such excess shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That no expense incurred under this Act shall be a charge against the funds of the United States or the District of Columbia." D.C.Code§»-iii4. SEC. 2. Subsection (B) of section 14 of such Act is amended by striking therefrom "not less than $25" and inserting in lieu thereof "not more than $200". SEC. 3. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized by regulation to require the owner or the manager of every barber shop in the District of Columbia to post on a sign or signs the prices of services rendered to the public and they may specify in such regulations the sizes of the sign or signs, the lettering thereon, and the location thereof upon which prices are required to be posted. The
District of Columbia Barber Act, amendments. D.C. Code §2-1112.
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