Texas Crazy Laws


# It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

# A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

# It is unlawful for a person to consume an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon a public roadway, if the person is observed doing so by a peace officer.

# The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

# When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.

# It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.

# You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times.

# A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.

# It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.

# It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

Abilene
# It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing.

Austin
# Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket.

Beaumont
# Collegiate football is banned at Lamar University.

Borger
# It is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind.

Clarendon
# It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster.

El Paso
# Churches, hotels, halls of assembly, stores, markets, banking rooms, railroad depots, and saloons are required to provide spittoons "of a kind and number to efficiently contain expectorations into them."

Houston
# Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but it may be purchased on Monday.

# It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.

Galveston
# It is illegal to drive a motor car down Broadway before noon on Sundays.

Jasper
# Dogs must be on a leash at ALL times. Fine of 100 dollars.

LeFors
# It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while standing.

Lubbock County
# It is illegal to drive within an arm's length of alcohol - including alcohol in someone else's blood stream.

Mesquite
# It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.

Port Arthur
# Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator.

Richardson
# It is now illegal to place a "for sale" sign on a car if it visible from the street.

# It is illegal to do "U Turns".

San Antonio
# It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.

Temple
# No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square.

# You can ride your horse in the saloon.

# Cattle thieves may be hanged on the spot.

Texarkana
# Owners of horses may not ride them at night without tail lights.

It’s illegal to collect rags or paper in Indianapolis on Sundays. Don’t go rag or paper collecting on legal holidays either, or you could be subject to a fine. However, it’s generally okay to collect rags and paper after 7:30 a.m. and before 5:30.
Don’t skip your Saturday night bath in Barre, Vermont. There is a law on the books requiring all residents to bathe every Saturday night. Washing on other days of the week is apparently optional and left to the discretion of the residents.
When attacked by a bird, you can throw a rock at it in Indianapolis. However, it is illegal to throw stones at birds if you’re not acting in self-defense.
Michigan will pay you to throw rocks at birds. But only if you kill them, and only if they’re starlings or crows. The state pays three cents for each starling killed and ten cents per crow.
Florida forbids the tethering of pregnant pigs. It is also illegal to confine an expecting sow to a cage, crate or other enclosure that prevents the pig from turning around freely.
You can’t sell your eyes in Texas. “The Eyes of Texas” is the official song of the University of Texas, and they are apparently not for sale. Nor are any other bodily organs, under penalty of law.
Pinball is not for children in South Carolina. For some reason, you have to be at least 18 to play pinball in the Palmetto State.
In Belvedere, California, dogs must not appear in public without their masters on a leash. (Who’s on a leash here? The dog or the master?)The city council probably intended to make sure the canines rather than the humans were leashed.
If you have political ambitions in Tennessee, don’t participate in a duel. The state prohibits people who have been in a duel from holding public office.
Only genuine smack-downs are permitted in Louisiana. State law prohibits the exhibition of fake wrestling matches, so keep that jello in the box!