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. 

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


You can be legally married by publicly introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times. 

Up to a felony charge can be levied for promoting the use of, or owning more than six dildos. 

It is illegal to possess an illegal drink. 

A twenty five dollar annual fee is required to possess a dead alligator. 


Homosexual behavior is a misdemeanor offense. 

It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers. 

It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel. 

It is illegal to milk another person's cow. 

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. 


The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a 
formula for making beer at home. 

Abilene 

It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing. 

Austin 

Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket. 

Beaumont 

Collegiate football is banned at Lamar University. 

Borger 

It is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or 
quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind. 

Clarendon 
It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster. 

Dallas 
It's illegal to possess realistic dildos. 

El Paso 
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." 

Houston 
Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but it may be purchased on Monday. 

It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.

Galveston
It is illegal to drive a motor car down Broadway before noon on Sundays. 

Jasper 
Dogs must be on a leash at ALL times. Fine of 100 dollars. 

LeFors 
It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while standing. 

Lubbock County 
It is illegal to drive within an arm's length of alcohol - including alcohol in 
someone else's blood stream. 

Mesquite 
It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts. 

Port Arthur 
Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator. 

Richardson 
It is now illegal to place a "for sale" sign on a car if it visible from the 
street. 

It is illegal to do "U Turns". 

San Antonio 
It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes 
and/or hands. 

Temple 
No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square. 

You can ride your horse in the saloon. 

Cattle thieves may be hanged on the spot. 

Texarkana 
Owners of horses may not ride them at night without tail lights.