Regulation Roundup

A fresh batch of regulatory bloopers:

• Rochester, New York, prohibits children from walking on tight-ropes.
• Police officers in Maine are not allowed to arrest dead people.
• If you’re in Helena, Montana, never tie a horse to a fire hydrant. It’s against the law.
• Massachusetts law forbids frightening pigeons.
• It is Alaskan state policy that “emergencies are held to a minimum and rarely found to exist.”
• If you don’t return your books to Salt Lake City, Utah, public libraries within a month, hide. You can be arrested.
• You need police approval to own a burglar alarm in Pinecrest, Florida.
• Bees may not enter Kentucky without certificates of health.