The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-12
4 LICENSE FOR BARRIERS
The Butte Union Has a Bill for
the Legislature.
TO PROTECT THIN SKINS
The Bill Provides for Registration and .
Board of Examiners Who Will De-
termine the Merits OF Appli-
cants for Licenses.

The members of the BARRIERS union of
Butte are actively engaged in promot-
ing a scheme to go before the legisla-
ture this winter and ask for the en-
actment of a law requiring BARRIERS to
pass an examination and take out a
license before they can follow their
trade in the state. Some people seem
to think the movement is a scheme to
discourage barbers from coming to the
state in order hat the trade may not
be overrun, but the BARRIERS deny this
and say their only purpose in going be-
fore the legislature with such a bill Is
to enforce proficiency among their
tradesmen. II the passage OF the pro-
posed biH would have this effect. men
who have to have their faces pulled
from twice a week to every day will be
glad to see the law enacted. A com
mittee has been appointed from the To-
cal union to draft a bill. which already
has its work completed and the bill
ready for presentation.
Minnesota has a law requiring bar
bers to be licensed which is said to
work very satisfactorily and for this
reason the proposed bill is fashioned
very closely after the Minnesota act.
The bill is entitled. An act to regulate
the practice OF barbering, the licensing
of persons to carry on such practice,
and to insure the better education OF
such practitioners in the state of Mon
tana." The first section of the bill
makes IL unlawful for any person to
Ill. ~ flor 90 haRl.ar In this
state without first procuring a certih-
cate Of registration, provided that bar
bers employed in the state at the time
OF the passage of the act shall not be
affected.
The second section provides for a
board of examiners. whose duty IL Will
be to examine all applicants for regis
tration as to their qualification to prac-
tice barbering. The board is TO be APP
pointed by the governor of the state
from among candidates to be recon-
mende by the various BARRIERS unions
of the state, and is 10 be composed Of
three members. n Of whom must be
recommended by a union which has
been in existence in the state at least
one year prior to making the recon-
| mendation. one must have been an m
ploying barber two years, and the third
must have worked as a barber In the
state at least three years. The term
of office Of the members Of the board
is to be two years. Each must give a
bond of $1,000 for faithful performance
of duty.
Section 3 provides for the organiza-
ton of the board into "A president, sec
rotary and treasurer. Section 4 pro-
vides tina each member of the board
shall receive s. a day for actual SER
! vice as compensation and the usual
mileage. Section 5 requires the board
to make regular reports of its work 10
the legislature and to turn over moneys
in it's possession to the state treasurer.
Section 6 directs that the board shall
hold public examinations at least o M
times zach year in -four different cities
of the state to examine applicants for
registration. notice OF such eXamina-
tions to be published 10 days i'm adj
vance. Section { provides that all bar
bers in the state at the time of the
passage of the act. IL they wish to con-
tinue to follow the business, must with
in 30 days after the passage OF the act
file with the secretary of the board their
names and residences and upon paying
a fee of 81 shall be entitled to a license
without examination.
Section s makes provision for new
barber coming to the state and re-
quires that before they may work In the
state they shall make application for
examination and registration. for which
a fee Of SO is to De charged and they
may then present themselves for exam
ination at the next regular meeting OF
the board. The qualifications are that
the applicant must be 10 years of age,
of good moral character, free from con
tagious or infectious diseases. must
have studied the trade as an appren-
tice, az a working barber or in a bar.
Der school at least three years, must
have sufficient knowledge OF the com
mon diseases ~ the face and skin "a
avoid ~aggravation or spreading them
II the applicant a pass on these points
he will be entitled 20 a license. Persons
making application for examination ar,
to III allowed to work till the next regu
lar examination.
Seven subsequent sections provide foi
apprentices. one apprentice TO be allow,
ed for every two working BARRIERS. and
throws the necessary restriction!
around the operation of the act givipf
the board power to revoke a license fol
conviction Of n crime. habitual drunk
enness, the contraction OF contagi1u.
diseases. etc. and makes violation nj
the act punishable by a fine Of not les,
than SO nor more han 800. or by i'm.
prisonment In "A county jail not leSi
than 10 days nor more h 30 days
An emergency clause Is attached.