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Stupid New Orleans Laws

No voodoo allowed !

It’s against the law to practice voodoo within the city limits of New Orleans.

Sec. 54-312. Fortunetelling. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise for or engage in, for a monied consideration, the business of (chronology, phrenology, astrology, palmistry), telling or pretending to tell fortunes, either with cards, hands, water, letters or other devices or methods, or to hold out inducements, either through the press or otherwise, or to set forth his power to settle lovers’ quarrels, to bring together the separated, to locate buried or hidden treasures, jewels, wills, bonds or other valuables, to remove evil influences, to give luck, to effect marriages, to heal sickness, to reveal secrets, to foretell the results of lawsuits, business transactions, investments of whatsoever nature, wills, deeds and/or mortgages, to locate lost or absent friends or relatives, to reveal, remove and avoid domestic troubles or to bring together the bitterest enemies converting them into staunchest friends. But nothing herein contained shall apply to any branch of medical science, or to any religious worship. (Code 1956, § 42-91)

Filed in: New Orleans

No standing on your handlebars.

It is against the law for one to stand on their bicycle handle bars or perform and kind of fancy riding.

Sec. 154-1414. One-handed steering. Every rider of a bicycle, tricycle or other vehicle propelled by hand or foot must keep at least one hand on the handlebars of his machine when riding it. (Code 1956, § 38-203) State law references: Similar provisions, R.S. 32:195.

Filed in: New Orleans

No standing on your handlebars.

It is against the law for one to stand on their bicycle handle bars or perform and kind of fancy riding.

Sec. 154-1414. One-handed steering. Every rider of a bicycle, tricycle or other vehicle propelled by hand or foot must keep at least one hand on the handlebars of his machine when riding it. (Code 1956, § 38-203) State law references: Similar provisions, R.S. 32:195.

Filed in: New Orleans