Editing Law

[[File:Springfield Police Station.png|right|thumb|The [[Springfield Police Station]], which belongs to the [[Springfield Police Department]]]]
[[Springfield]] has a variety of '''laws''' that are not found in other parts of the [[Springfield's State|state]] or the US.

== Laws ==
=== Town Charter ===
*The charter starts with "We the People of Springfield" and is signed by six people, including [[Jebediah Springfield]]<ref name="[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]">"[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]"</ref>
*The chief constable shall receive one pig every month and two comely lasses of virtue true <ref name="[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]">"[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]"</ref>
*If food stuff should touch the ground, said food stuff should be turned over to the village idiot <ref name="[[Lisa's Rival]]">"[[Lisa's Rival]]"</ref>
*Ducks shall wear long pants <ref name="[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]">"[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]"</ref>
*He who can juggle six pies at once will be proclaimed Elementary School Principal<ref name="D'oh-lice Academy">''[[D'oh-lice Academy]]''</ref>
*Whoever holds their breath for over ten minutes will be titled "The Springfield Chief of Police".<ref name="D'oh-lice Academy"/>

=== Laws on legality ===
*It is illegal to mail threatening letters <ref name="[[Cape Feare]]">"[[Cape Feare]]"</ref>
*It is illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling <ref name="[[Cape Feare]]">"[[Cape Feare]]"</ref>
*Casino gambling is legal <ref name="[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]">"[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"</ref>
*No mercury dumping without permit <ref name="[[Homer Loves Flanders]]">"[[Homer Loves Flanders]]"</ref>
*It is a crime to tease the fast food order box <ref name="[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]">"[[Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]"</ref>
*It is illegal for movie producers not to wear puffy director's pants.<ref>"[[Radioactive Man]]"</ref>
*It is illegal to operate a Class-9 Vehicle (e.g. skateboard) without pads and a helmet<ref name="[[The Springfield Connection]]">"[[The Springfield Connection]]"</ref>
*Spirituous beverages are hereby prohibited in Springfield under penalty of catapult (200 years ago, repealed 1 year later)<ref name="[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]"/>
*It is a misdemeanor to destroy historic curiosities<ref name="[[Lisa the Skeptic]]">"[[Lisa the Skeptic]]"</ref>
*Curfew on the young and later, anyone under 70. (later repelled) <ref name="[[Wild Barts Can't Be Broken]]">"[[Wild Barts Can't Be Broken]]"</ref>
*On duty cops are prohibited from wearing control top panty hose <ref name="[[Wild Barts Can't Be Broken]]"/>
*Must have a permit to dump crud in the ocean<ref name="[[Make Room for Lisa]]">"[[Make Room for Lisa]]"</ref>
*Should the Mayor abdicate, a council of learned citizens shall rule in his stead<ref name="[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]"/>
*It's unlawful for a man to have not hat during daylight hours <ref name="[[The Seven-Beer Snitch]]">"[[The Seven-Beer Snitch]]"</ref>
*It's illegal to tie a alligator to a fire hydrant<ref name="[[The Seven-Beer Snitch]]">"[[The Seven-Beer Snitch]]"</ref>
*Five kicks of the same can is considered illegally transporting litter.<ref name="[[The Seven-Beer Snitch]]"/>

=== Propositions ===
*24 - Illegal Immigrants are to be deported <ref name="Much Apu About Nothing">"[[Much Apu About Nothing]]"</ref>
*104 - Homer Out of Springfield<ref name="Three Gays of the Condo">"[[Three Gays of the Condo]]"</ref>
*217 - Vote on Casinos <ref name="The Old Man and the C Student">"[[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]"</ref>
*232 and 242 - votes on [[Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays against Parasitic Parents|children's rights]].<ref name="Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays">"[[Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays]]"</ref>
*304 - Polls will become legally binding <ref name="Homer Badman">"[[Homer Badman]]"</ref>
*305 - Discount bus fares for war widows<ref name="Lisa the Simpson">"[[Lisa the Simpson]]"</ref>

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