• It is illegal to wear a mask.
• It is illegal to take photos of police officers or police vehicles, even if they are just in the background.
• It is illegal for a woman to drive a car up Main Street unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag.
• Drinks on the house are illegal.
• It’s illegal to clean salmon along Maine’s upper Kennebec River.
• It is illegal to cut a woman’s hair.
• The Ohio driver’s education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
• It’s against the law for anyone to keep “fowl that shall cackle,” or for anyone to play the piccolo between the hours of 11 pm and 7:30 am
• It is illegal to have anything protruding from your bumper unless it is attached with a chain
• It is illegal for barbers to use their fingers to apply shaving cream to a customer’s face.
• It is illegal to lie down on the sidewalk.
• It is illegal to paint your house without first getting a license.
• Placing tacks on a sidewalk is considered a public nuisance.
• Electric fences are banned.
• Termite farms are not allowed within the city.
• You may not engage in business on Sunday with the exception of most any business
• Doctors who treat a person with gonorrhea must report this to the local board of health and include the disease’s “probable origin”.
• Bar owners may not let patrons make loud, unusual noises.
• It’s legal for restaurants to serve wine with meals, but only if you ask for the wine list.
• No sand may be taken from the beach. The law states that sand must be removed from body, shoes and clothing before leaving the beach.
• One may not spit on a bus.
• It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.
• In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker’s stand, you can be fined $25.00.
• Stage nudity is banned, with the exception of “bona fide” theatrical performances. Violating this ordinance results in a $100 fine.
• It is against the law to dream about another man’s wife or cow.