Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-02-24
ASK MANY FREAK LAWS
LEGISLATORS WOULD REGU-
LATE ALMOST EVERY
PHASE OF LIFE

Laws regulating crabs, hip flasks,
mince pies, "petting," lipsticks and
other beautifiers, dances, gosslp1ng,
biscuits, pelicans, and clothes are be-
ing debated in the legislatures OF the
limited Staes this year-at a cost or
millions upon millions of dollars.
Hour after hour, each hour costing
taxpayers dollars, are being spent IN
dcliberating "freak legislation IN
1927 on proportions probably without
equal.
Laws to regulate almost every
phase of human life have been pro-
posed in one form or another in vlr-
tualIy every state in the union this
winter-and the 1927 legislative sea-
son is but a month and half old.
Most of the proposals never will come
to vote History indicates this.
But the fact remains that they are be-
ing considered-at enormous cost.
Law to Regulate Pups
When is a pup not pup? This
question the legislature of Arkansas
will be asked to answer. Alderman
C.. M. Connor, of Little Rock, pro-
poses a law under which pup shall
be considered dog when it is six
months of age"
High hats, frock coats, striped
trousers, and spats must be worn by
assemblymen Of the Pennsylvania leg
islature to distinguish them from
lobbyists, if a bill before that body
is approved.
No more Indigestion for bride
grooms, Ohio pastors urge. They want
the state legislature to pass a law
brides -to-be to study home
Would Use Whipping Post
Whipping posts to punish men who
.buse their families would be installed
n all Connecticut jails under bill
,eing sponsored in the legislature by |
Mayor Alfred N. Phillips, Jr., of
Stamford.
Censorship of public dances is pro-
posed in law suggested to the Hi
lois Legislature by the Rev. John
Thompson, of Chicago.
Gossip would be a crime under a
ill introduced in the legislature of
Tennessee by Senator John Butler,
4uthor of the states famous anti-evo-
ution law.
Suggests Ban on Mince Pies
Outlaw mince pies and Jail anyone
Who makes them or gives them away,
demands Senator James w. Finley
'efore the Kansas Legislature.
"The eating of mince pie is one of
ur national evils" he says.
A SIS tax on all unmarried men and
women between 81 and 25 years old
n Nebraska is the idea of Represen-
ative John Buresh, of that state.
"A man--and a woman too-owe |
t to their country to raise family,
e asserts.
Bills to prohibit the teaching of
he evolution theory are before the
legislatures in Arkansas and Califor
Iia
Compel bakers to make biscuits
lot less than three inches across and
me inch thick" Senator Charles Bea-
,er asks the legislature of Oklahoma.
"The society biscuit is the curse OF
he age" he says.
Texans could carry hip flasks filled
With liquor only ten days at time,
lnder a law introduced in the legisla-
,ure by Representative league.
A bill to forbid the thermometer
from going below 46 in the winter
Or above 78 degrees in summer is be-
fore the Ohio legislature.
Law to Aid Tall Men
Tall men, rejoice! Laws to compel
awnings to be seven feet above the |
ground and hotel beds to be seven
feet long have been introduced IN
TIE legislature of New Hampshire.
"Petting" should be outlawed once
and for all, the Rev. Oscar Haywood