Encyclopedia of the United States

昔の法律

It used be illegal in

Arkansas:

to blindfold cows on public highway
to file down a mule's teeth
to set up a lunch counter on Memorial Day within a half-mile of a Confederate cemetery
to drive an automobile without man walking in front carrying a red flag

California:

to shoot any game bird or animal from a car - except a whale
for a woman to go for a drive in a housecoat
to peel an orange in a hotel room
to set mousetrap without a permit

Colorado:

to watch a dogfight
to hunt ducks from an airplane
to throw shoes at a bridal couple

Connecticut:

for mothers to kiss their children on Sunday
for a man to write love letters to a woman if her mother had forbidden him to see her
to build a dam - unless you were a beaver

District of Columbia:

to drive a taxicab without a broom and shovel in the car
to punch a bull in the nose

Florida:

to lure a neighbor's cook away and then hire that cook
to stay in a election boot more than five minutes

Hawaii:

to put pennies in your ears
for a barber to lather a customer with a shaving brush

Idaho:

finishing for trout from giraffe's back
buying a chicken after dark without the permission of the sheriff
for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy that weighed less than 50 pounds

Indiana:

to wear a mustache if you were one who "habitually kisses human beings"
for roller-skating instructors to lead their female students astray during a lesson

Iowa:

for a woman not to wear a corset

Kansa:

to exhibit the eating of snakes
for politicians to give away cigars on election day

Kentucky:

for a man to buy a coat unless his wife was along to help choose
for a wife to rearrange the furniture without her husband's permission
for a man to marry his wife's grandmother
for a woman to appear in a bathing suit on a highway unless she was escorted by two officers, or armed with club
to sleep on the floor of the Kentucky State House
to sleep in a restaurant

Louisiana:

for a beauty operator to put cold cream or powder on a customer's feet
whistling on Sunday

Maine:

to lead a bear around on a rope
to walk the streets with untied shoelaces
to set fire to a mule

Maryland:

to mistreat your oyster

Massachusetts:

to keep a dachshund as a pet dog
to show movies that lasted more than twenty minutes
to put tomatoes in clam chowder

Michigan:

to hitch a crocodile to fire hydrant
for a woman to lift her skirt more than six inches to avoid a puddle
for a married couple not live together

Minnesota:

to hang men's and woman's underwear on a clothesline at the same time
for woman to appear on the street dressed as Santa Claus

Nebraska:

to picnic in the same place twice within a 30-day period
to sneeze in public
for a mother to curl her daughter's hair without a state license

Nevada:

to drive a camel

New Jersey:

to delay or detain a homing pigeon

New Mexico:

to have a bicycle horn with a non-harmonious sound
to climb a building to get a free view of a ball game

New York:

to ring the doorbell and disturb the occupant of a house
to arrest a dead man for a debt

North Carolina:

to sing out of tune
to drink water or milk on a train

North Dakota:

to trap birds in a cemetery
for railroad engineers to take engines home - unless they carried a full crew

Oklahoma:

to get a fish drunk
to catch whales in Oklahoma waters
to eavesdrop

Oregon:

for a dead person to serve on a jury

Pennsylvania:

to talk loudly at picnics

South Carolina:

to file down a mule's teeth
to go to church without carrying a gun
to act in a obnoxious manner on the campus of a girl's school without the permission of the principal

South Dakota:

for an 80-year-old woman to stop in the street to talk to a young married man

Tennessee:

for a motorist to drive unless he or she had warned the public one week in advance with a notice in the newspapers
to take a fish off another person's hook

Utah:

for a person to wear shoes with heels higher than one and one-half inches
for two dancing partners to dance so close that daylight could not be seen between them

Vermont:

to paint a house

Virginia:

to have a bathtub in the house

Washington:

to hunt ducks from a rowboat unless you were sitting up and visible from the waist up

West Virginia:

to sneeze on a train

Wisconsin:

to sell artificially colored margarine
to sell a meal costing 25 cents or more without including a small piece of cheese

Wyoming:

to take a picture of a rabbit from January through April - unless you had a license

出典元：

SCHOLASTIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNITED STATES

JUDY BOCK AND

RACHEL KRANZ

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