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It is illegal to be an alcoholic.
Sec. 8-135. Vagrancy. Vagrancy is hereby declared to be unlawful and the following persons are and shall be guilty of vagrancy: (1) Habitual drunkards; (Code 1970, § 10-60)
Running an abortion advertisement can land you in jail for a year.
RS 14:87.4 § 87.4. Abortion advertising Abortion advertising is the placing or carrying of any advertisement of abortion services by the publicizing of the availability of abortion services. Whoever commits the crime of abortion advertising shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year or fined not more than five…
Electric wires can’t be attached to trees.
Sec. 106-222. Electric wires, etc., not to be attached to trees. No person shall attach any electric wire insulator or any device for the holding of any electric wire to any tree growing upon any public highway of the city. Every person having any wire charged with electricity running through a public highway shall securely…
Saying obscene things on the telephone is illegal.
Sec. 8-136. Telephone communications, improper language, harassment. (a) No person shall: (1) Engage in or institute a telephone call, telephone conversation, or telephone conference, with another person, anonymously or otherwise, and therein use obscene, profane, vulgar, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature or threaten any illegal…
A law was passed with the specific intent of stating the punishment for stealing crayfish.
RS 14:67.5 § 67.5. Theft of crawfish; penalty A. No person shall knowingly, willfully and intentionally fish or take any commercial crawfish from any crawfish farm, except with the consent of the owner thereof. B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of theft of crawfish when the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of five hundred…