Show I Old Law Bans the Flying of Kites in I Washington Dueling Also Forbidden The District of Columbia national nati legislative center has a I. I law forbid forbid- forbidding forbidding forbidding ding kite flying and many another strange statute Under the law you cant can't tie a r I horse to a tree and if you use French or Latin during a trial you have 10 to pay your legal opponent The dusty code books do not ex ex- explain explain plain how that figure was agreed upon Neither do they explain an an- another another other amount amount 2667 2667 which if lost lostin lostin lostin in a game of chance entitles the loser to sue the winner The loser not only may sue for the 2667 or more but can if hes he's rea rea- reasonably reasonably lucky collect three times the amount lost Some gamblers think its it's a fine law So do District officials for the city receives half hall the sum stun collected In such gifts ac ac- according ac- ac according cording to a Washington United Press correspondent in the Philadelphia Phila Phila- Philadelphia Philadelphia delphia Inquirer Sometimes the lawmakers apparently apparently apparently Ignore old statutes when drawing up new measures A worn wom woman I an ail ha has hao to be twenty one years old before signing a contract Yet when she is the beneficiary of a will she reaches her full mature or lawful age at eighteen To win in title to property by ad ad- 21 1 verse possession a Washingtonian according to the law books has to show tax receipts for 15 years years years-or or sometimes for 20 years depending on which part of the code he is gov goV- governed goVerned governed by Although the district forbids kite kite- flying dueling and certain other per per- personal personal personal activities the law permits con con- concerts concerts concerts on the Capitol grounds by any band in the service of the United States The law provides one exception the band cannot play while con con- congress congress congress gress is In session The music might disturb the legislators |