Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and LawsBrown, Everett Somerville. Ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and Laws. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1938. xi, 718 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002072857. ISBN 1-58477-278-6. Cloth. $125. * Enacted in 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment instituted prohibition. It was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-First amendment. This book collects all available state records relating to the amendment's ratification by those state conventions. An invaluable assemblage of source documents that present an accurate history of the ratification of the Twenty-First amendment. |
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... Whereas , said Amendment was submitted to Conventions to be called by the States either for ratification or rejection solely for that purpose ; and Whereas , the Legislature of Alabama in pursuance thereof did pass an Act on March 28th ...
... Whereas , said Amendment was submitted to Conventions to be called by the States either for ratification or rejection solely for that purpose ; and Whereas , the Legislature of Alabama in pursuance thereof did pass an Act on March 28th ...
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... Whereas , Franklin D. Roosevelt immediately undertook radical measures of relief ; and Whereas , He is still pursuing a strenuous course of recovery for all the people ; Now therefore , be it resolved by this Convention of delegates ...
... Whereas , Franklin D. Roosevelt immediately undertook radical measures of relief ; and Whereas , He is still pursuing a strenuous course of recovery for all the people ; Now therefore , be it resolved by this Convention of delegates ...
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... Whereas , Both Houses of the Seventy - second Congress of the United States of America , by a constitutional majority of two - thirds thereof , proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America , which should be ...
... Whereas , Both Houses of the Seventy - second Congress of the United States of America , by a constitutional majority of two - thirds thereof , proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America , which should be ...
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... , Proctor , Wills , Ming , and Allred — 14 . Nays : o Delegate Greaber , Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions , presented the fol- lowing Resolution : RESOLUTION NO . 2 Whereas , Section 9 of Chapter 22 CONVENTION RECORDS.
... , Proctor , Wills , Ming , and Allred — 14 . Nays : o Delegate Greaber , Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions , presented the fol- lowing Resolution : RESOLUTION NO . 2 Whereas , Section 9 of Chapter 22 CONVENTION RECORDS.
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... Whereas , it is necessary that this convention employ four attaches for the purpose of preparing the journal of the proceedings of the convention , as provided by the provisions of Section 9 , Chapter 2 , aforementioned , Now therefore ...
... Whereas , it is necessary that this convention employ four attaches for the purpose of preparing the journal of the proceedings of the convention , as provided by the provisions of Section 9 , Chapter 2 , aforementioned , Now therefore ...
Contents
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SOUTH CAROLINA | 375 |
TENNESSEE | 379 |
VERMONT | 386 |
VIRGINIA | 434 |
WASHINGTON | 450 |
WEST VIRGINIA | 479 |
WISCONSIN | 491 |
WYOMING | 497 |
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IOWA | 150 |
KENTUCKY | 166 |
MAINE | 180 |
MARYLAND | 186 |
MASSACHUSETTS | 204 |
MICHIGAN | 214 |
MINNESOTA | 234 |
MISSOURI | 237 |
TEXAS | 241 |
MONTANA | 265 |
NEVADA | 274 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | 277 |
NEW JERSEY | 280 |
NEW MEXICO | 290 |
NEW YORK | 292 |
OHIO | 320 |
UTAH | 328 |
OREGON | 337 |
PENNSYLVANIA | 346 |
RHODE ISLAND | 359 |
INTRODUCTION | 515 |
FLORIDA | 549 |
ILLINOIS | 557 |
MARYLAND | 579 |
MINNESOTA | 591 |
MONTANA | 598 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | 610 |
NEW MEXICO | 617 |
NORTH CAROLINA | 628 |
OHIO | 634 |
OKLAHOMA | 638 |
OREGON | 642 |
PENNSYLVANIA | 646 |
RHODE ISLAND | 650 |
SOUTH CAROLINA | 657 |
SOUTH DAKOTA | 660 |
TENNESSEE | 664 |
TEXAS | 670 |
UTAH | 675 |
VERMONT | 679 |
VIRGINIA | 682 |
WASHINGTON | 687 |
WEST VIRGINIA | 690 |
WISCONSIN | 695 |
WYOMING | 698 |
INDEX | 701 |
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18th Amendment 21st amendment adjourn adopted America appointed article of amendment ballot candidates Capitol Cascade County Chair recognizes Charles citizens City Clackamas County Clerk Committee on Resolutions Constitution by conventions Constitutional Convention Coos County copy County Multnomah County declared District duly elected DWIGHT H Eighteenth Amendment eighteenth article favor filed Frank Governor Harry held hereby prohibited hereby repealed Honorable House of Representatives inoperative unless intoxicating liquors James John Joseph Lane County laws thereof Legislature Loring Young Marion County Missouri move Multnomah County Multnomah oath Ohio Portland present PRESIDENT SMITH proposed amendment Proposing an amendment question ratified by conventions ratify or reject repealing the Eighteenth Resolved Rhode Island Robert say Aye Sergeant-at-Arms session special election statute submission hereof temporary therein of intoxicating tion transportation or importation Twenty-first Amendment unanimously United vention vote voters West Nicholson WHEREAS William
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Page 48 - The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. SECTION 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within...
Page 195 - JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...
Page 151 - Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Page 131 - When a question is under debate no motion shall be received but to adjourn; to lay on the table...
Page 455 - Joint Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...
Page 132 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Page 97 - Secretary of State, have hereunto caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed and my name subscribed by the...
Page 3 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.