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Penalties for fraudulently representing a horse could be up to six months in jail and/or up to a $500 fine. Bizarre Laws In Washington, Such As Being Charged With Reckless. While this law is no ...
Kleppe v. New Mexico, 426 U.S. 529 (1976) The Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (WFRHBA), is an Act of Congress (Pub. L. 92–195), signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 18, 1971. [2] The act covered the management, protection and study of "unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands in the ...
Strange laws. Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
The first state horse was designated in Vermont in 1961. The most recent state horse designations occurred in 2024 when Mississippi designated the American Quarter Horse as its state horse and in 2022 when Oklahoma declared the American Quarter Horse as its state horse. There have been proposals to designate a state horse in Oregon as well as ...
It's illegal in the state to annoy passersby on a sidewalk with a revolving sprinkler. The Kalispell, Montana, law dates back to 1947 and prohibits water from being thrown onto a street or ...
The state's law says drug dealers must buy drug tax stamps at a rate of $100 per ounce of marijuana, $150 per gram of controlled substances, or $500 per 50 dosage units of controlled substances ...
Velma Bronn Johnston (March 5, 1912 — June 27, 1977), also known as Wild Horse Annie, was an American animal welfare activist. She led a campaign to stop the eradication of mustangs and free-roaming burros from public lands. She was instrumental in passing legislation to stop using aircraft and land vehicles from inhumanely capturing wild ...
The Horse Protection Act of 1970 (HPA); (codified 15 U.S.C. §§ 1821 – 1831 [a]) is a United States federal law, under which the practice of soring is a crime punishable by both civil and criminal penalties, including fines and jail time. It is illegal to show a horse, enter it at a horse show, or to auction, sell, offer for sale, or ...