No Sleeping on Streets, but Only at Night

In Ada, Oklahoma, an ordinance (Code 1985, § 10-411) forbids sleeping on the street, but only from midnight to sunrise. I presume it is not a problem in Ada for people to sleep on the street during the day or evening? Just after midnight?

Don't Sit in a Doorway

In Winnemucca, Nevada, an ordinance prohibits sitting in a doorway if there is a sign posted that prohibits sitting in the doorway. (9.12.040)

Think there's much of a market (outside of Winnemucca) for signs that say, "No Sitting in Doorway?"

Crows are Farm Animals?

In Quincy, Florida, you are not allowed to keep farm animals within the city limits. (Code of Ordinances Section 10-6(c)) Makes sense, right? In Section 10-1 they define "farm animal" as "any animal commonly used for agricultural purposes, including, but not limited to pigs, sheep, goats, horses, crows, roosters, ducks or other fowl, and cow, bull, or steer."

Since when is a crow used for agricultural purposes? I haven't met the farmer yet who thought of crows as anything other than a pest to be driven off or killed.

Remember "mystery meat" from grade school? That may not be a good choice in the Quincy schools, if crow is a farm animal!

Do Not Molest Your Neighbor's Dog

According to the Town of Ahoskie, NC, Code of Ordinances: "Sec. 10-22. Teasing, molesting or baiting.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the town to tease, molest or bait any dog not belonging to such person or legally under the control of such person.
(Code 1976, § 4-4)"

So teasing, molesting, or baiting your own dog is fine, just don't do it to someone else's dog? Webster's 9th Collegiate dictionary defines "bait" as "to harass (as a chained animal) with dogs usually for sport." And this is okay, as long as you use your own dogs?

Do Not Feed the Wildlife

In Magnolia, New Jersey, according to Ord. No. 2005-10, § 3, 7-21-2005, you are not allowed to feed wildlife in a park or any other proprty owned by the borough. So it is forbidden to sit in the park and feed the birds, or toss peanuts to the squirrels.

Why? According to the ordinance, it is "so as to protect public health, safety and welfare." Got to watch out for those squirrels, you know. When they get used to being fed, they get to where they might pull a knife on you and steal your peanuts.

Dog Census

With certain exceptions for certain towns, Rhode Island law (§ 4-13-11) requires an annual census of dogs by each town. Every Spring, each town sergeant is to compile a list of licensed dogs and a list of unlicensed dogs, with the names of the owners, swear to each, and post both lists in three public places.

I wonder how they prepare a list of unlicensed dogs. Maybe they have some tips they could pass along to the US Census Bureau.

Don't Advertise Alcohol Content

In Indiana, "It is unlawful for a person to advertise the proof or the amount or percentage of alcohol in beer or wine." (Ind. Stat. § 7.1-5-2-2)

So if your beer or wine is so loaded with alcohol that a sip would stagger a horse, you can't advertise the fact. I guess "they" want to protect the public from peopple advertising their beer or wine as strong stuff. By the same token, though, does this mean that low-alcohol beers cannot advertise as such in Indiana?

Stealing Crops

In Preston, Idaho, an ordinance states: "9.54.010 - Unlawful acts.
It is unlawful for any person to wrongfully harvest or otherwise take the beans, cabbage, corn, peas or other crops of another within the city limits of the city. (Ord. 441 § 1, 1978)."

Are the laws against stealing not good enough for them? Does Preston have so much farmland IN THE CITY LIMITS that this additional protection is needed?????