Some of these may have made sense a hundred years ago, but the others just make you wonder... Location: Wichita, Kansas Before proceeding through the interesection of Douglas and Broadway, a motorist is required to get out of their vehice and fire three shot gun rounds into the air. - This law still exists. Location: Wilbur, Washington You may not ride an ugly horse. - This law still exists. Location: West Virginia It is legal for a male to have sex with an animal as long as it does not exceed 40 lbs. - This law still exists. Location: Washington A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town." - This law still exists. Location: Virginia It is illegal to tickle women. - This law still exists. Location: Utah When a person reaches the age of 50, he/she can then marry their cousin. - This law still exists. Location: Utah It is illegal to detonate any nuclear weapon. You can have them, but you just can't detonate them. - This law still exists. Location: Utah It is considered an offense to hunt whales. - This law still exists. Location: Utah No one may have sex in the back of an ambulance if it is responding to an emergency call. - This law still exists. Location: Tennessee You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile. If three or more Indians are walking down the street together, they can be considered a war party and fired upon. - This law still exists. Location: Tennessee It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish. - This law still exists. Location: Tennessee "Crimes against nature" are prohibited. - This law still exists. Location: Tennessee The age of consent is 16, but 12 if the girl is a virgin. - This law still exists. Location: Texas A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed. - This law still exists. Location: Texas The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home. - This law still exists. Location: Schulter, Oklahoma Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel. - This law still exists. Location: Seattle, Washington You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina Horses may not be kept in bathtubs. - This law still exists. Location: South Dakota No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants. - This law still exists. Location: South Dakota It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory. - This law still exists. Location: South Dakota If there are more than 5 Native Americans on your property you may shoot them. - This law still exists. Location: Sterling, Colorado Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight. - This law still exists. Location: Quitman, Georgia It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road. - This law still exists. Location: Pacific Coast, California Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine - This law still exists. Location: Paulding, Ohio A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him. - This law still exists. Location: Pennsylvania Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue. - This law still exists. Location: Pennsylvania Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes. - This law still exists. Location: Pennsylvania You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth. - This law still exists. Location: Pensacola , Florida A women can be fined (only after death), for being electrocuted in a bath-tub because of using self-beautification utensils. - This law still exists. Location: Prescott, Arizona No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house. - This law still exists. Location: Providence, Rhode Island You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday. - This law still exists. |