Legal advice. Because of Law It’s illegal to ride an ugly horse in Wilbur, Washington.

• Before 1920, it was illegal for women in the United States to vote. When women’s rights advocate Susan B. Anthony tried to vote in the 1872 election, she was arrested and fined $100.

• In Mohave County, Arizona, if anyone is caught stealing soap, he must wash himself with it until the soap is gone.

  First cousins may marry in Utah, but only after they’re 65 years old.

• In Tennessee, it is illegal for children to play games on Sunday without a license.

• In North Dakota, no one can be arrested on the Fourth of July, a holiday that is commonly known there as “Five Finger Discount Day.”

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  It is illegal in Tennessee for an atheist to hold office.

• In Indiana, it is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.

• It is illegal in California to lick toads. Apparently, some people

  were licking toads to get high. Unfortunately, some people were being harmed by the toads’ poison.

Source: Lindsell-Roberts, Sheryl. Whacky Laws, Weird Decisions, and Strange Statutes. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, 2004.

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