The Ridgeway Journal published Town Ordinance No. XXVIII in which the Board of Trustees listed some new misdemeanors effective as of April 6, 1893. Along with more serious rules, there were several that we might find amusing today. For example, if you kept a “male horse or jack for teasing and serving mares”, you had to stay 300 feet from any school, college or church or you had to have a barrier to keep the horses from being seen. If you didn’t, you could be fined up to $100.
If you played “card or games of any kind, include base ball and marbles” on Sundays, you could be fined up to $10.
If a minor climbed on or held or “or any manner attach himself to any locomotive, engine or car while the same has been in motion” or stood in the tracks with a locomotive attached, the person could be fined up to $50. Minors under the age of 15 “found lounging around places of business or upon the streets or alleys” without having a “lawful errand” after 10 pm could be fined up to $10.
If you forgot to tie up your horses or decided to ride one on the sidewalks, you could be fined between $2 and $10 and if you tied tin cans or any “other thing calculated to make a noise” to the tail of an animal, you could be find up to $25.
