Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-01
SOME CURIOUS LAWS.
ing Equally Observation-Disclosures
Thai Are Odd.

Last year an officer in an English
regiment was arrested for attempting
to get married in spite of the fact
that he and the bride-elect were ELI
gible for the married state. As it
happened, however, his relatives were
opposed to the match, and had re-
course to a regulation which, although
still in vogue, is seldom exercised, and
which gives the sovereign and war
Office power to interfere in the mat
rimonial affairs of any officer in a
royal regiment. 1t is, therefore, a
crime for an officer thus placed to en-
ter the bonds of matrimony against
the wishes of the powers that be, and
one punishable with dismissal from
the army and six months imprison-
ment; but whether the individual in
question was faithful to his vows or
not the writer is unaware, says Lon
don Tit-Bits.
A few months ago a young Eng
lishman was sentenced to a fort
nights Imprisonment for kissing his
fiancee in the streets of Odessa. 1t is
strictly illegal for lovers to osculate
in public south of Russia, and it was
only after considerable trouble on
the part of the British consul that the
t~oo-amorous youth was liberated at
the expiration of three days captivi-
ty, and even then his sentence was
committed to a fine.
If you are given to political speak
ing it would be as well to be care
full where you hold your meetings, for
there is one spot where such actions
are considered treason, however loyal
you may be at heart. This is within
the mile radius of Westminster palace
during a parliamentary session, and
anyone urging a government petition
in the area named can be arrested and
thrown into prison, the reason being
that members of the house might be
biased in their legislation thereby.
If you take your family with you
on a holiday to France you should
be very careful how you feed the baby
during your s%ojourn. Our neighbors
have made it a punishable offense for
anyone to give solid food to an infant
under a year old, unless it has been
prescribed by a medical man, and hun
dreds of people are prosecuted for
breaking this law every year, while it
is equally Illegal for nurses to feed
their charges from bottles having q
rubber tube attached.
You must be very cautious how you
treat your neighbor in Jersey, for he
can have you arrested on the slightest
preteXt, and if he has a grudge against
you can bring about such a calamity
by simply giving a fictional account of
your misconduct to the nearest law
yer. The latter will demand a fine,
and should you decline to pay it he
will cause you to be thrown into
prison to await trial. Then, even if
you are acquitted on the ground that
the charge is %unfounded, you have alb
solutely no claim against your pros
e%cutor, though you may have suf-
fered a couple of months imprison-
ment for nothing. Similarly in Ger
many you must not insult your neigh
Dor through the telephone or he will
legally claim damages for libel be-
cause your uncomplimentary remarks
may have reached other ears to the
detriment of his character.
In a famous Scotch town you can be
fined for throwing orange peel in the
streets. or if you happen to be in Ches-
ter and omit to raise your hat when
a funeral is passing, any policeman
who witnesses your disrespect can ar
rest you, inasmuch as you are break
ing a regulation of that ancient city.
But an even more peculiar law forbids
you to sell your body to a hospital for
dissection after death. Some people
do so, certainly, but they could be pun
ished if discovered, because your body
legally belongs to your relatives, and
to sell it makes you guilty of fraud.