Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 40 Part 1.djvu/1068

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1050 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, 1917. S· J- MS- 17- JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution oi the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House 4% Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem led (two-thirds of each House pogeiiigiiixiedoisalix concurring therein), That the following amendment to the Constitu-

      • ,*6u wu tion be, and hereby is, proposed to the States, to become valid as a

’p' part of the Constitution w en ratified by theleg1s1atures of the several States as provided by the Constitution: “ARTICLE —. esi’£°ghii§fr$fs°i»i:°ii’.?$Z “SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article °¤*¤° P“’P°S°¤· the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage pur oses is hereby (prohibited. E”‘°'°°“‘°"°‘ “Sec. 2. 'lllie Congress an the several States shall have concur- R _ _ _ rent Spower to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ,,,s§$,°§§L‘}'§_'°q“'°d “EC. 3. This article shall be moperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress." CHAMP CLARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Trios. R. MARSHALL Vice Presiklent of the United States and President of the Senate. I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the Senate. · JAMES M. BAKER _ _ ‘ Secretary. Deposited m the Department of State December 19, 1917.