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Illinois Crazy Law

The English language is not to be spoken.

You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person. 

You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile

You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2.

Chicago

It is illegal to give a dog whiskey

In the Pullman area, it is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb.

Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.

Kites may not be flown within the city limits.

It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck.

Spitting is forbidden

It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.

Champaign

One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.

Cicero

Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.

Crete

Cars may not be driven through the town.

Des Plaines

Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.

Eureka

A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.

Evanston

It is illegal to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Bowling is forbidden.

It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.

Fairfield

It is unlawful for "negroes" to be within county boundries from sundown to sunrise.

Freeport

It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.

Galesburg

There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.

Homer

It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law enforcement officer.

Joliet

Town fathers, reflecting the pet peeve of hearing their town's name mispronounced 'Jolly-ETTE' when all local folk know it's pronounced 'Joe-lee-ETTE', made pronouncing it Jolly-ette a misdemeanor, punishable by a $5 fine.

Kenilworth

A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow. Hens that wish to cackle must step two hundred feet back from any residence.

Kirkland

Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through any of Kriland's street.