Strange Laws Still On the Books

NEW YORK
A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.

OHIO
Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.

OKLAHOMA
Violators can be fined, arrested, or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.

Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.

Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.

PENNSYLVANIA
A special cleaning ordinance bans homemakers from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

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

VERMONT
Lawmakers made it obligatory for everybody to take at least one bath each week - on Saturday night.

WASHINGTON
All lollipops are banned.

A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.

WEST VIRGINIA
No children may attend school with their breath smelling of "wild onions."