10. Strange laws in North Carolina cover a variety of human foibles
In Dunn, North Carolina, driving through a cemetery is against the law unless the driver is there to bury someone or to prepare a grave. The same town passed laws which make it illegal to play in traffic and to drive on the sidewalk, which would seem to indicate the town leaders perceived a lack of common sense among the good people of Dunn. Across the state, an unmarried man and woman who register in a hotel together as married are legally in that happy state henceforth. An archaic law in Forest City required the driver of an automobile to stop at the city limits before entering and notify city hall of his automobile entering the city.
A Charlotte city ordinance passed in an earlier and more modest age requires women to be enveloped in not less than 16 yards of cloth before appearing outside of their homes. The city leaders of Barber, North Carolina defied centuries of nature and passed a law which prohibited dogs from chasing cats and the two fighting at any time. Stifling a sneeze is a necessary skill in Asheville, where sneezing on a public street is illegal. Finally, a state law prohibits the use of elephants by farmers to plow their fields, which dates back to the traveling circus days when elephants were used as beasts of burden when not performing with their handlers.
