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For each act of public swearing a person shall be fined one dollar.


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61-8-15. Profane swearing and drunkenness; penalty.

If any person arrived at the age of discretion profanely curse or swear or get drunk in public, he shall be fined by a justice one dollar for each offense.

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5 Responses to “For each act of public swearing a person shall be fined one dollar.”

Comment from William
Time December 23, 2010 at 1:18 am

I guess all of my friends & everyone I know owes a lot of money then! I can actually sue them!

Comment from LYK
Time March 18, 2012 at 7:00 am

How is an 11 year old kid(me) going to pay 30 dollars a day?

Comment from josh scott
Time April 4, 2012 at 11:29 am

oh no… i’m going to jail!

Comment from bill duff
Time May 8, 2012 at 6:08 pm

dude i probably have like a 1000$ obligation by now

Comment from Mooenstein
Time July 9, 2012 at 10:29 am

Damn! Why the hell did none of you asshats tell me I can’t f***ing swear?

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