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Alabama (US) laws
Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However,
Citation: Section 30-4-1
Separate property of wife - Property held prior to marriage or acquired after marriage.
All property of the wife, held by her previous to the marriage or to which she may become entitled after the marriage in any manner, is the separate property of the wife and is not subject to the liabilities of the husband.
No person may spit on the floor of a church.
Citation: Section 9.08.010 Spitting.
It is unlawful for any person to spit upon the sidewalks, or upon the floors of places of worship, buses, public halls, theatres or other public places.
If one wishes to read palms in the city, they must first pay $10 for a permit.
Citation: Sec. 23-21. Required.
It shall be unlawful for any fortune-teller, as defined in section 23-1, to practice fortune telling within the city or its police jurisdiction, without first obtaining a permit therefore in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
Most locales do not have this problem, but Mobile found it necessary to ban bicycles from the interstate highways.
Citation: Sec. 39-13. Pedestrians, bicycles, etc., prohibited on certain interstate highways.
It shall be unlawful and an offence against the city for pedestrians to be upon, or for any person to operate a bicycle, a nonmotorized vehicle or a motor driven cycle of less than ten (10) horsepower, on any part of Interstate Highway 10 and Interstate Highway 65, including the entrance roads thereto, at any place within the city and its police jurisdiction.
Spray String' is banned.
Citation: Sec. 39-15. “Spray string,” “snap pops,” or similar matter or substances thereto prohibited.
It shall be unlawful and an offence against the city for any person to have in his/her possession, keep, store, use, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, give away or handle any “spray string,” “snap pops,” or other matter or substances similar thereto, within the city within its police jurisdiction.
It is illegal to spit orange peels on the sidewalk.
Citation: Sec. 39-76. Spitting or throwing fruit skins, etc., on sidewalks, etc.
No person shall spit or throw fruit skins, parings or peelings upon any sidewalk in the city or upon the floor of any bus operated within the city or in any public elevator, public building, public theatre or public hall or upon any walkway in any public park in the city.
No person within the city may possess confetti. So much for New Year's.
Citation: Sec. 39-77. Use, sale, etc., of confetti.
It shall be unlawful and an offence against the city for any person to have in possession, keep, store, use, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, give away or handle any confetti or other substance or matters similar thereto, but not serpentine, within the city or within its police jurisdiction.
Bathing in city fountains is prohibited.
Citation: Sec. 39-82. Washing in, tampering with, etc., fountains.
Any person who at any time washes his hands, face or feet in any of the fountains in the city or obstructs the flow of water into the same or in any manner tampers with or abuses such fountain or its fixtures shall be punished as provided in chapter 1, article II, City Code (1991).
No one may use a 'funk ball' within the city limits.
Citation: Sec. 39-81. Stink or funk balls.
It shall be unlawful to sell, dispose of, give away or use within the city or its police jurisdiction articles known as stink balls or funk balls or anything of like nature, by whatever name known or called, the purpose of which is to create disagreeable odours to the great discomfort of persons coming in contact therewith.
Women may not wear a 'lewd dress' in public.
Citation: Sec. 39-112. SameIndecent dress, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in any public place in a state of nudity or indecent or lewd dress, or make an indecent exposure of his person, or to perform or commit any indecent act.
Source: www.crazy-laws.com.
