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*1 OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
op3nion loo. O-711 op3nion loo. O-711 R8r Ttre C?iftWt Of R8r Ttre C?iftWt Of *2 Hen. W. Lee O*Daniel, June 10, 1999, Page 2
intention have btwm filed with the proper au- thorities, and that suoh per005 ,&all be a bcna fide resident Or tha state of Texas far at least SIX (6) months Immediately prior to the inakin& or appllaatim to the Habdreesing and/or Cosmetolog;y Department for pcmaieeion to take such exsmlnstfon to entttle such per- 8011 to so pm&Ice 3alrdressing and/or aosmet- ology orany of Its branahes in this State."
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efahdrdrea8aror *3 .Horl. :;. Lee OlDaniel, June 10, X39, Page 3
Se have not been asked to pass upon the validf- ty of the prcvisim of substitute S.B. 100, whioh rrould require a hair&essar or oosmetolO&st to be a oiti%en of the United Statea of America, but we feel that it is our duty to point out that mid provlslon Is a olear vlo- l&ion of the 14th Aslendment to the Oonstltuticn of the United States, which dealares that no state shall deprive any person al' life, liberty or proparty without dus pro- cess of law, nor deny to any person within its jurlsdio- tion the equal proteotim of the laws.
HOD.. &. Lee o*Daniel., June 10, 1999, Page 4 the case of Tezplar v, Se cite as authority Ei:ichi~an State Board of miners of Barbers (Supresm Court of NiChi@iIl) 131 tioh. 254, 90 I?% 10058. In that case it wa8 held that Act No. 2l2 Pub. Acts 1899, B 5, lkichigan, providing for the exsml&on and licensing oi' barbers, and stipulating that 50 pewon eb~ll reoeive a oertitioate, who at the tirm ot hia (IL- aminatim la an alien, is repugnant to the 14th Amendment of the IJuited Stutes Constitution, as denying equal pro- tection of the law, lu so far as it discriminates gl aa- oouut of oitizenship.
Eon. IT. Lee O'lhniczl, June 10, 1939, Pa@ 5
requisite knowledge upon the subjeote preacrlb- ed by the Lag%alaturc to praotloe his oolling without endangering the health of his patrons. To hold that he Is not entitled to praotioe this calling, beoauae not a full citizen of the United States, is to deny to him rights whioh we think are preserved by the fourteenth amendmnt.W
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