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State Law

• Tanning bed facilities must warn of the risk of getting a sunburn.
• A board was created to regulate among other things, hearing aids. It includes two appointees by the governor who are supposed to represent the general public.
• Ministers must obtain a permit to carry their liquor across state lines. (Repealed)
• Doctors who treat a person with gonorrhea must report this to the local board of health and include the disease's "probable origin". (Repealed)
• All boxes used to pick hops must be exactly 36 inches long. (Repealed)
• It is a violation of the law to sell or distribute drugs or narcotics without having first obtained the appropriate Iowa drug tax stamp.
• A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public.
• One-armed piano players must perform for free.
• Kisses may last for no more than five minutes.
• Pumpkins will be considered taxable unless you prove to the Government that you plan to eat it.

Local Law

Bettendorf

• Liquor stores may not place advertisements for beer outside the store. No reference is made to any other type of alcoholic beverage however.

Dubuque

• Any hotel in the city limits must have a water bucket and a hitching post in front of the building.

Fort Madison

• The fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.

Indianola

• The "Ice Cream Man" and his truck are banned.

Marshalltown

• Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants.

Mount Vernon

• One must obtain written permission from the City Council before throwing bricks into a highway.
• No person may pick a flower from a city park.
• All softball diamond lights must be turned off by 10:30 PM.

Ottumwa

• Within the city limits, a man may not wink at any woman he does not know.