Volume 47 · 751
Public Law 72–6
Providing for the closing of barber shops one day in every seven in the District of Columbia.
Approved December 19, 1932
Statutory text
AN ACT
Providing for the closing of barber shops one day in every seven in the District of Columbia.
District of Columbia, barber shops.
Preamble.
Whereas in the District of Columbia persons engaged in the occupation of barbering are required to work seven days a week in order to meet competition and conform to custom; and
Whereas the health of such persons is endangered and often impaired by the working conditions peculiar to their occupation; and
Whereas the protection of the health of such persons will tend to protect the health of the general public by guarding against the spread of infectious disease: Therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That hereafter in the District of Columbia it shall be unlawful for a person to maintain seven days consecutively any establishment wherein the occupation or trade of barbering or hair dressing (including the cutting or singeing of hair, shaving, shampooing, massaging, or manicuring) is pursued. All such establishments shall be required to remain closed one day in every seven beginning at midnight or sunset. Any person
Punishment for violation.
violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not in excess of $20 or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or both. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia
Enforcement.
are hereby authorized and empowered to make, modify, and enforce reasonable regulations to obtain compliance with the provisions of this Act, and such regulations shall have the force and effect of law within the District of Columbia.
Approved, December 19, 1932.