Related laws:

1. A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.
2. By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage must take place.
3. No one may tease an idiot.

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TITLE 11
Criminal Offenses
CHAPTER 11-13
Explosives and Fireworks
SECTION 11-13-4

§ 11-13-4 Toy canes or devices for firing blanks. No person or persons shall sell, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell or use, or discharge or use, within this state, any repeating toy cane for discharging any explosive, any toy pistol, or any other toy device designed or used for the discharge of blank cartridges.

Related laws:

1. Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters of Rhode Island a “No Discharge Zone”.
2. A permit must be obtained to fire a missile.
3. It is unlawful to give another fireworks.

§ 11-40-1 Work or recreation on Sunday prohibited. Except as provided in § 5-22-6 § 5-22-11, inclusive, every person who shall do or exercise any labor or business or work of his or her ordinary calling, or use any game, sport, play, or recreation on the first day of the week, or suffer it to be done or used by his or her children, servants or apprentices, works of necessity and charity only excepted, shall be fined not exceeding five dollars ($5.00) for the first offense and ten dollars ($10.00) for the second and every subsequent offense; provided, further, however, that the above prohibitions shall not apply to any person or persons operating or functioning under a valid permit or license.

Related laws:

1. Adultery or Fornication results in a fine of $500 and/or 6 months in prison.
2. Spray paint may not be sold without a posted sign warning juveliles of the penalty for creating graffiti.
3. Car dealerships are forbidden from opening on Sunday.

§ 11-14-2 Impersonation of town sealer, auctioneer, corder, or fence-viewer. Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be a town sealer of weights and measures, auctioneer, corder of wood, or fence-viewer, and shall act as such, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

Related laws:

1. Impersonating a town sealer, auctioneer, corder of wood, or a fence-viewer is against the law. Penalty: $20 to $100 fine.
2. A law was passed with the specific intent of stating the punishment for stealing crayfish.
3. Town records may not be kept where liquor is sold.

(a) No person shall be in possession of alcoholic beverages upon any lands owned or controlled by the town without permission of the town council, nor shall any person consume any alcoholic beverage within or upon any land so controlled or upon any street, highway, sidewalk, or within any motor vehicle parked within or upon any land owned or controlled by the town, or within any motor vehicle parked upon any road, highway or lane within the boundaries of the town.

(b) Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-4.

(Ord. of 8-10-72(2))

Related laws:

1. It is illegal to dare a child to purchase a beer.
2. Drive-thru liquor stores are outlawed.
3. It is illegal to give beer to hospital patients.