Funny Texas Laws

1. – It is illegal to take more that three sips of beer while standing.
2. – You can be legally married by publicly introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times.
3. – It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
4. – It is illegal to milk another person's cow.
5. – The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
6. – One must acknowledge a supreme being before being able to hold public office.
7. – It is illegal to sell one's eye.
8. – A program has been created in the state that attempts to control the weather.
9. – When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
10. – A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
11. – It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing. (Abilene)
12. – Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket. (Austin)
13. – Collegiate football is banned at Lamar University. (Beaumont)
14. – It is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or riding crop, and firecrackers of any kind. (Borger)
15. – It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster. (Claredon)
16. – Churches, hotels, halls of assembly, stores, markets, banking rooms, railroad depots, and saloons are required to provide spittoons "of a kind and number to efficiently contain expectorations into them. (El Paso)
17. – It is illegal to drive a motor car down Broadway before noon on Sundays. (Galveston)
18. – Bicycles must be operated at a "reasonable speed". (Galveston)
19. – No person shall throw trash from an airplane. (Galveston)
20. – Landing an airplane on the beach is illegal. (Galveston)
21. – Any person who sits on a sidewalk may be fined up to $500. (Galveston)
22. – No person may disturb a church service by swearing. (Harker Heights)
23. – It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday. (Houston)
24. – Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but it may be purchased on Monday. (Houston)
25. – Dogs must be on a leash at ALL times. (Jasper)
26. – It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while standing. (LeFors)
27. – It is illegal to drive within an arm's length of alcohol – including alcohol in someone else's blood stream. (Lubbock County)
28. – It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts. (Mesquite)
29. – Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator. (Port Arthur)
30. – It is illegal to do "U Turns". (Richardson)
31. – It is now illegal to place a "for sale" sign on a car if it visible from the street. (Richardson)
32. – It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands. (San Antonio)
33. – Cattle thieves may be hanged on the spot. (Temple)
34. – You can ride your horse in the saloon. (Temple)
35. – No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square. (Temple)
36. – Owners of horses may not ride them at night without tail lights.

they are real – there are all kinds of laws on the books that are out-of-date and yet they haven't been removed –
they have them in all states –
a while back they finally removed one from our area when they had to give a guy that got of jail a horse and a gun b/c back in the day that was how people made their living and they hadn't voided the law , so they had to give them to him