STATE BOARD OF HAIRDRESSERS AND BEAUTY CULTURISTS

Chairman: Clara E. Taylor, 1952
Marie E. Schuster, 1953; Agnes L. Giordano, 1954
Kathryne C. Linder, Principal Clerk
102 Park Avenue, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Mulberry 3843

The Board of Hairdressers and Beauty Culturists was created by an
Act of the General Assembly in 1935. It is charged with the re-
sponsibility of examining, licensing and registering all persons en-
gaged in or teaching hairdressing or beauty culture. By promul-
gating rules and regulations governing the conduct and sanitation
of hairdressing and beauty culture, it is the duty of the Board to
prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases. Members
of hairdressing and beauty culture, the Board seeks to prevent the
spread of contagious and infectious diseases. Members of the Board
are appointed by the Governor for terms of three years. Members
must be citizens of the State of Maryland, must have at least five
years' practical experience in hairdressing or beauty culture, but can-
not be members of nor affiliated with any establishment or concern
manufacturing or selling merchandise or commodities used in hair-
dressing or beauty shops, nor be directly or indirectly connected with
any school of beauty culture. No two members who are graduates of
the same school of beauty culture shall serve at the same time.

The Board appoints a secretary who shall not be a member of the
Board. It also employs a chief inspector. In connection with prohibit-
ing any illegal practice, the Board may conduct hearings, compel the
attendance of witnesses, and administer oaths. Examinations are held,
every three months, under the supervision of three Board members.
Examinations are both written and practical; the written examination
is held in one of the high schools of Baltimore, and the practical
examination is held in one of the vocational schools of Baltimore.
All beauty shops and schools are under the supervision of the Board
in all matters pertaining to health and sanitation (Code 1939, 1947
Supp., Art. 43, secs. 471-496).

Expenditures, 1950, Special funds $39,665.41
Appropriation, 1951, Special funds 44,325.00

Staff: 19.

STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS

President: Kermit F. Smith, D.C., 1952
Lewis S. Tawney, Sr., D. C., 1953
Adam Baer, D.C., Secretary-Treasurer, 1954

Frostburg

The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners was created by an Act
of the General Assembly in 1920. The Board is composed of three
practicing chiropractors who must be residents of the State, be gradu-
ated from a resident course in chiropractic, and have practiced chiro-
practic in the State for a period of at least five consecutive years. The
Governor appoints one member each year from a list of five names,