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Medusa


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Weird or Dumb Laws
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These are some dumb laws in Michigan.  Good for a laugh.  If you had any others to add for Michigan or elsewhere, please feel free to add them so we can all have a good laugh!! 
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Persons may not be drunk on trains.
Full text of the law.
It is illegal to kill a dog using a decompression chamber.
Full text of the law.
Adultery is illegal, but can only be punished upon a complaint by the affected husband or wife.
Full text of the law.
No man may seduce and corrupt an unmarried girl, or else he risks five years in prison.
Full text of the law.
The last Sunday in June of every year was named �log cabin day�.
Full text of the law.
Cars may not be sold on Sunday.
Full text of the law.
A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.
There is a 3 cent bounty for each starling and 10 cent bounty for each crow killed in any village, township, or city in the state.
Full text of the law.
It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
You may not swear in front of women and children.
Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.

City Laws in Michigan

Clawson
There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
Detroit
Apparently the good folks in Detroit did not quite know what ‘new’ meant.
Full text of the law.
Putt-putt golf courses must close by 1:00 AM.
Full text of the law.
Security guards at Joe Louis Arena will confiscate any item they feel might be thrown onto the ice.
Why does this law exist?
Couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple’s own property.
Willfully destroying your old radio is prohibited.
It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday.
It is illegal to let your pig run free in Detroit unless it has a ring in its nose.
Grand Haven
No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense.


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Medusa wrote:

These are some dumb laws in Michigan.  Good for a laugh.  If you had any others to add for Michigan or elsewhere, please feel free to add them so we can all have a good laugh!! 
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Persons may not be drunk on trains.
Full text of the law.
It is illegal to kill a dog using a decompression chamber.
Full text of the law.
Adultery is illegal, but can only be punished upon a complaint by the affected husband or wife.
Full text of the law.
No man may seduce and corrupt an unmarried girl, or else he risks five years in prison.
Full text of the law.
The last Sunday in June of every year was named �log cabin day�.
Full text of the law.
Cars may not be sold on Sunday.
Full text of the law.
A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.
There is a 3 cent bounty for each starling and 10 cent bounty for each crow killed in any village, township, or city in the state.
Full text of the law.
It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
You may not swear in front of women and children.
Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.

City Laws in Michigan

Clawson
There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
Detroit
Apparently the good folks in Detroit did not quite know what ‘new’ meant.
Full text of the law.
Putt-putt golf courses must close by 1:00 AM.
Full text of the law.
Security guards at Joe Louis Arena will confiscate any item they feel might be thrown onto the ice.
Why does this law exist?
Couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple’s own property.
Willfully destroying your old radio is prohibited.
It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday.
It is illegal to let your pig run free in Detroit unless it has a ring in its nose.
Grand Haven
No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense.

OMG!  These are hilariousbiggrinbiggrin  I hope we find more. 
Great find Medusa!!!

 



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