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Pocatello

A law passed in 1912 provided that “The carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless some are exhibited to public view.

Arkansas

A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.

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.”

Louisiana

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…

Utah

A legislator proposed a resolution urging that each TV weather person be required to provide an ice cream cone to every member of the state House of Representatives whenever the forecast was wrong.

Wisconsin

A legislator recently introduced a bill making it illegal to tattoo someone under the age of 18. He was quoted as saying, “I’m going to save the buttocks of a few juveniles.”

South Africa

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A law created in 1925 makes it illegal to wiggle while dancing.

A law dating to 1418 makes it illegal to sink the islands.

A law from the early 1900’s prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk.