OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

State Board of Xalrdrraeers and 

Austin, Tom8 

Dear Mrs. Arbuoklo: 

ion of thi8 DoII been reoeired. 

numbered 83 reJanuary 13,, lOSO 

tine June 6, 1940 

Johiuon, owner of the 

oaaeiky, San Antonio, Texn8, 

ure a 8ohool~llaenoe ior 

Sohool, Brady Bullding, San 

oame to thlr deofsion because 

of the known facts listed below; 

a. Mr. Thomas A. Johnson purohased 

the Modern Beauty Sohool some 

two yearn ago looated in the Brady 

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State Board of Hairdraeeere and Coeeetolcgt8t8, B&e Z 

b. 

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4. 

Building;, San Antonio, Taxa8, an4 

raid rahsol 18 operated at thfr 

tima under the name or the ?mQorn 

W$s";; !J;h$ Ah;zG-d'ir 

lipon Inrestigmtion by a member oi 

tR0 Ward and tha IJeoretary, it 

~88 i0pod that six 8011i0r 8tua0nt8 

were in the Ikodern Beauty Eohbel, 

whioh W. Johnson tori88 sn 'Amex*, 

and there 8tudentr were working on 

the pub110 for remuneration. A 

rtatement was also ma40 to tha Board 

by an ox-etude& that JtmlOr rtudent8 

norke& on the pub110 in the Yoderi 

Beauty 8ahool for psy. 

Junior 8tudents ars taken from the 

modern Beauty Sohool to ths Johneon 

Beauty Aoabeny and allowed to work 

on the publlo for remunexutlon. 

At tho tlm8 thlr lnrertigation ~68 

maeado, tha matter was dlreuared with 

Mx. John8on; and Re war will 

xemit one hnndretl bollerr in 9 1 0: 

0r a 8eh881 lloen8e tar the meaexn 

mautr Sahool. Xe wa8 thm l dr lr ed 

that thi8 8ku8t be taken up with the 

ontlre Board. 

Wr. John8on was l dvlr oJuno d 7, 1040 that 

he must 8emre a rehool liconer for thi8 *Annox*, 

and we are lnalosing a socp of our aakuowle4gemant fra~~ Mt. John8~n. 

*Wo re8poatiully a8k your opinion a8 to 

whether tho Board Is within its Fight in npwrtI.IQ a lloense for the Modera Beauty Sshool in 

ulow o? oplnioli numberad 837 

Wm Board oonstrued your opinion numbered 

83 to maan a8 long a8 a oo;eglrte oourse Cpf beauty 

oulture is not taught in the Modern B8auty Sshool, 

a lioonrs w88 not required. You oan a8ebrtaln, 

howevtsr, f'roin tb8 aforuasntlanad i!@'orrMtimI that 

both Jualor and Senior students atton the BEodern 

Bewt]r Sohool." 
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state Boati of Xalrdrees~rs ana c08mtologi8t8, pargo 3 

lvo also quote ?mm a copy o? tho letter rrom Lbr. 

-8 A. 34ha8OR 6ddrtBSSea t4 the State $OiWd O? 008SStology, bearing data June 10, 1940, as iollowe: 

'lour letter o? ;lune 7th noelred end La 

Nply wish to Bay that the cpieion of thb Attorney OIn*ral*a Dsgartimnt is *xnQtly 9s the 

@piniOJl that OBPlL Up ;A the $WOIiOUS di8Ou8%iOZi 

o? tho 8ituatlon, namely 0 . . . ‘i? a aompkste 

OOW.8~ in Oo8mtOlo(Ly lo taught at oaah o? the 

eatabiirbaants, theu it till b8 neoess&ry to 

have two oertlflaate8 or registratisn . . , 

VOW thr trUO ?a@tS in the O&Se are that 

th. other #Oh001 i. OAly Q9 kkil#X and OAlp 

hOU8.S #Q&B O? QUI 6hS.e. aad IIQ atlldent. StaZ'tS 

ana 0Omplat88 at war AMOX. They start riha 

reaah a oart.4.n paint IA training a&? then are 

tnn.a?errud into the Seaior Department in ths 

&IjOStiO BtildilJ&. 

v'd are drflnltely not operatiLl& two Schools 

of boauty oulture. X? we were, we would be m~ro 

than glad to pay two UQ~ASOS. Last year tho 

Board assured um that it wa8 prfeotly all right 

a&l i? at this tlav you want te ham a hearln$ 

en it at tb Attorney Qeuorai*a 0rria0, we will 

be glad to do so, as the true ?aOts in the aaao 

will abow that we are abiding by the law." 

Sections 11 and 18 a? Artlo1e %4b o? Vwnonc8 

Atmotatod Peaal code, read RF) ?ollawar 

*Sea. 11. ft shall be aomprtsnt rar any 

pQr#On, ?lm or oorporation to apply to the State) 

Board 0r &airdr8sWr# and 0oa*tologi8ts for a 

certl?lcmte or rsglrtration as a aesool o? beauty 

ault4are upon the payfiient o? One Bun&red Dollars 

(WJO) l 

*( a ) EM rohool of B6auty Culture shall be 

granted a oertf?iQate o? reglatratlon Weas It 

She11 WplOp 6nd ollintlriil PpbA it. Star? a SU??iOiSnt numbw of in#tru4t4r#, who #hall be registerad 

ilairdresssra br cQ5a#t4iQgi#t# havlq had 6t leant 
state B0a.a of liairdre8sere and Comietologists, Page 4 

thrw (3) ysc~ro pmatlOal axperlenao and htsh 

rrohool eduaatlon or the equivalent thereof, 

and aaid lnrrtruators rhall be required to paar 

a ~ l x a nfna tio ra o: a dua tby ed the Bawd of maalners to /Irtsrsdne their fltnmsa a@ teachen, 

provided, however, that the erati;inatlon of 

teaeherr shall not be zuquired of per8ona who 

hero been teaohlng the praetiee of Jmlrdreasin&, 

or somtolom for three (3) rearm prior to the 

paseage of thlo Aet; and #hall saintair, on its 

oiaff on0 Dcator of ~eQlalne, a8 a coneultant 

who *hall looburo avmthl~ on *anltatlon, stem i liration ana the ume of sntl3eptlos ocnotstent 

with the pmtatlaal end thoontical requlrementr 

a6 to the olasaitleb ooaupatioar a5 provlOed by 

thiu Act, and shall po4seee appixratua and equip- 

~wnt for ths proper and full teaching of all 

aubjeatr of its ourrieulum; shall keep a daily 

reaord of the attenbanae of students; aalntaln 

regular elesrr end lnrtrllctlon hours, eatabll8h 

grabs and bolU exaafnotlcai before lmulng alploms, ana ahall requlra a sohool tora of not 

lees than one thousand (1,000) home to be eomplebe& in not less then sir (6) nontho for a %otapieta oourm of all or a siajorlty ai the preatloe8 of hairdre8Olng and oosrutology, 

wee. 18. ‘Prcrlded that no aahool shall 

be ptittea to charge for work done by any 

l tuaent who haa not ooolglsted fifty p4r oant 

(80$) or ths tequir6a number of hours, as prov:Qsd in mation 11, subsroti4n (a).* 

In our opinion Ho. 0-68A it warn held that 

"It ie our opinion that ii a ooffipl6te 

aourae in hairdrawing and oomaetology irr taught 

at each of the ostabliakaantr, then it will be 

neoeoaary for the owner to have two (0) Cartifiaater of Regl8tration.* 

$hetber or not mr. Johnson ia operating two sex+ 

arate eebools whe2’0 complete oourue8 in hairdrersin(l and 

oomtclogy are tmight at eaah of the eatabliahraante i# 

a queatlon oi fact Chit we aan not pa8a upon. That 1s one 
State Board of Elairdresm f and Cosmetologi~te, age 8 

that mat ba determined by the Board. 

not oa~tegorlcally answer your quaatlon. 

Therefore, we oan 

It th6 Johneon 

Beauty AaaCelcJr and the EoSarn Beauty Sohool ore oozblned 

and ooapoee only one sohool, an4 a ooaplete aourae in 

halrdreaalng en6 aoaxetologp Is not taught at each oi the 

estebliokents, then it would not be neaessary ior the 

owner to have two Certlrioatc6 of Re&stratlon. However, 

on the other hand, if the LGodern Beauty Sohool and tha 

Johnson Beauty Aaadenzy are two reparcte and dlstkot 

l ohoola wham a cortplcte course In halrdreeeing ana ooamotology is taught at each or the 6alC 6chool8, then it 

will be necemary for the owner to have two Certfiloetea 

of Registration. 

Trmtlng that the foregoing 6atlmfaotorlly 

ata0wera your inquiry, we are 

Yours very truly 

Al'TORRRY OZNERAL OF Tl!XAS 

Araell wllliame 

Aaalatant 

Al:ew