STRANGE AMERICAN LAWS
Theatres in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes.
Under the law of Mississippi, there?s no such thing as a female Peeping Tom.
Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.
In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
[glb]It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it...) [/glb]
According to law, no store is allowed to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island. Yet these same stores are allowed to sell toothpaste and mouthwash on Sundays.
Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year.
An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for 72 years.
Candy made from pieces of barrel cactus was outlawed in the U.S. in 1952 to protect the species.
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment: Prohibition.
In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.
In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.
Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards.
Wetaskiwin, Alberta from 1917: "It's against the law to tie a male horse next to a female horse on Main Street."
In Riverside, California, there is an old law on the city's books which makes it illegal to kiss unless both people wipe their lips with rose water.
In Pennsylvania, Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.
In some smaller towns in the state of Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders.
In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor's prescription.
Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space. The first to exercise this right to vote while in orbit was astronaut David Wolf, who cast his vote for Houston mayor via e-mail from the Russian space station Mir in November 1997.
No building in DC may be taller than 13 floors. This is so that no matter where in the city you are, you can see the monument to our first president, Washington.
[glb]In Michigan it's illegal to place a skunk inside your bosses desk.[/glb]
[glb]In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket. [/glb]what the?? ?? ??
During the time that the atomic bomb was being hatched by the United States at Alamogordo, New Mexico, applicants for routine jobs like janitors, were disqualified if they could read. Illiteracy was a job requirement. The reason: the authorities did not want their trash or other papers read.
[glb]It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church. [/glb]
[glb]In parts of Alaska, it's illegal to feed alcohol to a moose.[/glb]
[glb]You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making "ugly faces" at dogs in Oklahoma. [/glb]
In Utah, birds have the right of way on all highways.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
In Hartford Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.
In December 1997, the state of Nevada (USA) became the first state to pass legislation categorizing Y2K data disasters as "acts of God"? protecting the state from lawsuits that may potentially be brought against it by residents in the year 2000
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