It's Against the Law

From It's Against the Law, by Reader's Digest Press (yes, these are actual laws--a few have been canceled but most are just dormant, ineffective laws from years past)

• In Nicholas County, West Virginia, no clergyman may tell a funny story from the pulpit.
• In Norfolk, Virginia, horses may not be ridden in the waters of Chesapeake Bay.
• The use of motorboats on the city's streets is against a local ordinance in Brewton, Alabama.
• It is illegal to hunt or shoot camels in Arizona.
• In Springfield, Massachusetts, it is against the law to ride on the roof of an automobile.
• A Lake Charles, Louisiana, law makes it illegal to let a rain puddle remain in your front yard for more than twelve hours.
• In Vermont, it is illegal to whistle underwater.
• All taxicabs must carry a broom and shovel in the District of Columbia.
• In McDonald, Ohio, it is illegal to march your goose down the main street.
• A Fort Madison, Iowa, law requires the fire department to practice for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.
• Rochester, New York, firemen on duty must wear ties.
• In Kansas it's against the law for eating places to serve ice cream on cherry pie.
• It is illegal to roller skate down a street in Quincy, Massachusetts.
• It's illegal to lasso a fish in Knoxville, Tennessee.
• It is unlawful to roll hoops in the village of Watkins Glen, New York.