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Kansas | Kentucky

Kansas

  • Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats.
  • Pedestrians crossing the highways at night must wear tail lights.
  • No one may catch fish with his bare hands.
  • The state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks.
  • If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.
  • Dodge City– It is illegal to spit on a sidewalk.
  • All places of business must provide a horse water troft.
  • Lawrence — All cars entering the city limits must first sound their horn to warn the horses of their arrival.
  • No one may wear a bee in their hat.
  • Russell — Musical car horns are banned.
  • Salina — It is against the law to leave your car running unattended.
  • Topeka — The installation of bathtubs is prohibited.
  • Wichita — Before proceeding through the intersection of Douglas and Broadway, a motorist is required to get out of their vehice and fire three shot gun rounds into the air.
  • Any person caught using or carrying bean snappers or the like shall upon conviction, be fined. -City ordinance 349 of Wichita, Kansas

Kentucky

  • Any person who appears on any highway, or upon the street of any city that has no police protection, when clothed only in ordinary bathing garb, shall be fined no less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.”
  • No person shall sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange, display or possess living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits which have been dyed or colored; nor dye or color any baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits; nor sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange or to give away baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits, under two months of age in any quantity less than six, except that any rabbit weighing three pounds or more may be sold at an age of six weeks. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500.
  • No person owning or controlling a billiard or pool table shall permit, for compensation or reward, any minor under eighteen (18) years of age to play any game on the table, unless such minor shall have first displayed an identification card containing his name, age, photograph, and the signature of his parents or guardian. The minor shall keep such identification card on his person, and it shall be subject to inspection at any time by any peace officer. The person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall keep and maintain a registration book in which each minor shall sign. The person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall supply a blank identification card to each parent or guardian who makes request for same. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than ten ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.
  • Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile in connection withany religious service or gathering shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
  • It is illegal to fish with a bow and arrow in Kentucky.
  • It’s illegal to fish in the Ohio River in Kentucky without an Indiana Fishing License.
  • All bees entering Kentucky shall be accompanied by certificates of health, stating that the apiary from which the bees came was free from contagious or infectious disease.
  • Lexington — It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.
  • By law, anyone who has been drinking is “sober” until he or she “cannot hold onto the ground.”
  • Owensboro — A woman may not buy a hat without her husband’s permission.
  • One may not receive anal sex.