It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, association, or corporation, foreign or domestic, to engage in or to follow, or to hold himself, herself, or itself out as engaging in or following, or to advertise or to assume to engage in or to follow the conducting and operation of a barbershop or school of barbering, by whatever name or designation, in and upon whatever place or premises within the county without first procuring from the Lauderdale County Board of Barbering a certificate of registration, as provided by this article.
Ala. Code § 45-39-40.04 (1975)