Maine

Rumford: Illegal to bite the landlord, no matter how much he deserves it.

Maryland

It is illegal to mistreat oysters.

Baltimore: Illegal to wash or scrub sinks, no matter how dirty they get.

Baltimore: Illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits.

Baltimore: Illegal to take a lion to the movies.

Halethrope: Illegal to kiss for more than one second.

Massachusetts

Christmas was outlawed in 1659.

It is forbidden to put tomatoes in clam chowder.

It is unlawful to deliver diapers on Sunday, regardless of emergencies.

All dogs required to have their hind legs tied during the month of April.

Cooling one's feet by hanging them out the window is forbidden.

Law declares that peanuts may not be eaten in court.

Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.

Snoring is illigal unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.

Goatees are illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.

Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.

Boston: Illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so.

Brockton: Any person need a license before they are permitted to enter a sewer.

Fitchburg: Barbers are not allowed to carry combs in back of their ears.

Holyoke: It is unlawful to water your lawn when it is raining.

Salem: Even married couples are forbidden from sleeping nude in rented rooms.

Southbridge: Illegal to read books or newspapers after 8 p.m. in the streets.

Michigan

A woman's hair legally belongs to her husband, consequently she's not allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.

If any man kisses his wife on Sunday, the party at fault shall be punished at the discretion of the court.

Detroit: Couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.

Rochester: Anyone bathing in public must have his or her bathing suit inspected by a police officer.

Minnesota

Alexandria: Illegal for a husband to make love to his wife if his breath smells like garlic, onions, or sardines. The wife can by law force her husband to brush her teeth.

Blue Earth: Law declares that no child under the age of twelve may talk over the telephone unless accompanies by a parent.

Missouri

Kansas City: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols; they can, however, buy shotguns freely.

Merryville: Women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "The privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."

St. Louis: Illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.

Montana

Bozeman: You can't perform any sexual acts in the front yard of any home, after sundown, and if you are nude (socks is OK).

Helena: A woman cannot dance on a saloon table unless her clothing weights more than three pounds, two ounces.