DUMB LAWS 2
Missouri State Laws
Single men between the ages of twenty-one and fifty must pay an annual tax of one dollar
(enacted 1820).
City Laws
University City Laws: No person may own a PVC pipe.
UC: No person may have a "yard sale" in their front yard. In addition to this, no person
shall have more than two yard sales a year.
UC: Houses may not have lights on them that shine into the window of a neighbor's
house.
UC: It is illegal to request for someone to "watch over" your parked car.
UC: One may not honk another's horn.
UC: Four women may not rent an apartment together.
Buckner Laws: In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day
except Sunday.
Columbia Laws: One may not drink in a bar between 2:00 and 6:00 AM.
Excelsior Springs Laws: Hard objects may not be thrown by hand.
ES: Worrying squirrels will not be tolerated.
Kansas City Laws: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may
buy shotguns freely.
KC: Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws is prohibited.
Marceline Laws: Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
Marquette Laws: It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the same
dwelling (The Brothel Law).
Mole Laws: Frightening a baby is in violation of the law.
Natchez Laws: It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants.
Purdy Laws: Dancing is strictly prohibited.
St. Louis Laws : It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a
bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was
served in buckets.
STL: A milk man may not run while on duty.
Perryville Laws: It is illegal to throw stones at birds in the city limits
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Arkansas State Laws
The Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.
A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.
It is illegal to pronounce the state name as “Ar-kansas.” Punishable up to a $100 dollar
fine and 10 days in jail.
City Laws
Fayetteville Laws: It is illegal to kill "any living creature".
Little Rock Laws: Dogs may not bark after 6 PM.
LR: Flirtation between men and women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-
day jail term.
LR: It is unlawful to walk one's cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday.
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