Debates in the Senate on the Twenty-first Amendment, 1933

February 15, 1933

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION-REPEAL OF PROHIBITION1 min read
1: Senate, February 15, 1933, ¶ 1 (Senate1933.Feb15.1)

Mr. CLARK. Mr. President, I wish to give notice that at the proper time I shall offer an amendment to Senate Joint Resolution 211. Therefore I submit a proposed amendment and ask that it be printed and lie on the table.

2: Senate, February 15, 1933, ¶ 2 (Senate1933.Feb15.2)

The amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. CLARK to the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 211) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ordered to lie on the table and to be printed, as follows:

3: Senate, February 15, 1933, ¶ 3 (Senate1933.Feb15.3)

On page 3, to strike out all after line 6 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

4: Senate, February 15, 1933, ¶ 4 (Senate1933.Feb15.4)

"SEc. 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall ha.ve been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission."

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5: Senate, February 15, 1933, ¶ 5 (Senate1933.Feb15.5)

Mr. BARBOUR submitted amendments intended to be propo s ed by him to the joint resolution CS. J. Res. 211) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which were ordered to lie on the table and to be printed in the REcoRD, as follows:

7: Senate, February 15, 1933, ¶ 7 (Senate1933.Feb15.7)

Oh page 3, line 2, to strike out "the legislatures of" and insert in lieu thereof "conventions in."

8: Senate, February 15, 1933, ¶ 8 (Senate1933.Feb15.8)

On page 3 to strike out all of section 2.

9: Senate, February 15, 1933, ¶ 9 (Senate1933.Feb15.9)

On page 3 to strike out all of section 3.

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