Laws still on the books

Indiana

"Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal. A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming. All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads. Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day. Auburn: It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offenses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one's bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days. Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March. Beech Grove: It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park. Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes. Citizens are not allowed to attend a cinema or theatre nor ride in a public streetcar within at least four hours after eating garlic. Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest. Drinks on the house are illegal. Elkhart: It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears. Evansville: While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on. Fort Wayne: You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It's In the Book". Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor. Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide. If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices. In Indiana it is illegal to sell laughing gas with the intent to induce laughter. In South Bend, Indiana, it is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette. It is against the law to pass a horse on the street. Men are prohibited from standing in a bar. Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans. No one may catch a fish with his bare hands. One man may not back into a parking spot because it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate. Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights. Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session. State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post. Taxpayers of Bainbridge, Ind., used to have to swear a solemn oath that the values they placed on their taxable property were the fair market values. Terre Haute: No one may spit on the sidewalk. The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415 You are required to pour your drink into a glass. You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying for him/her.

Ohio

According to Ohio law, it's against the law to kill a housefly within 160 feet of a church without a license. A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him. However, the reverse is not true, even if it's a police dog. Bay Village: It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road. Bexley: The installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses is prohibited. Breast feeding is not allowed in public. Cars are not allowed to scare horses in Centerville, Ohio. Cleveland: It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license! Cleveland law forbids you to operate a motor vehicle while sitting in another person's lap. In Cleveland, Ohio, women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear. Clinton County: Any person who leans against a public building will be subject to fines. In Chillicothe, Ohio it is illegal to throw rice at weddings. Columbus: It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday. Fairview Park: It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively". A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor. Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission. Funeral jargon seems to have crept into the wording of a cemetery fee regulation in Norton, Ohio. There regular plots are $33, but "creamies" are $75. In Columbus, Ohio it is illegal to sell cornflakes on Sunday. In Marysville, Ohio it is illegal for a dog to urinate on a parking meter. In the hippy-dippy late '60s, Youngstown, Ohio, briefly had a law making it illegal to walk barefoot through town. In ohio it is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi cab In ohio it is illegal to run out of gas 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. In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture. In Oxford, Ohio, it is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and face. In Xenia, Ohio, it's illegal to spit in a salad bar Ironton: Cross-dressing is against the law. It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police. It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house. It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday. It is illegal to get a fish drunk. It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance. It is legal to throw a snake at someone but it is illegal to shake a snake at someone. Lima: Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold. Lowell: It is unlawful to run a horse over five miles per hour. Marion: You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street. McDonald: Your goose may not paraded down Main Street. No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July. North Canton: It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police. Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes. Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited. The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.