The Common Council of the Village of Duluth, Minnesota, adopted a cross-dressing ordinance on September 10, 1881. Mayor J. D. Ensign and Village Recorder Charles E. Budden published the full text of the law in the local newspaper, the Duluth Weekly Tribune.
“An Ordinance to Preserve Good Order and the Public Peace,” Duluth (MN) Weekly Tribune, October 14, 1881, p. 3.
An Ordinance to Preserve Good Order and the Public Peace, Section 6:
Section 6. Any person who shall appear in any street, alley or public place, in said Village of Duluth, in a dress not belonging to his or her sex, or in any indecent or lewd dress; or who shall make any indecent exposure of his or her person, or who shall be guilty of any obscene or filthy act, or any indecent, lewd or immoral language, conduct or behavior in any such street, alley or public place, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months, or may in the discretion of the Village Justice be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.