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

February 16, 1933

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION-REPEAL OF PROHIBITION1 min read
1: Senate, February 16, 1933, ¶ 1 (Senate1933.Feb16.1)

Mr. REED. Mr. President, I wish to enter a motion to reconsider the vote by which the amendment of the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. RoBINSON], striking out section 3 of the committee amendment, was agreed to last night.

2: Senate, February 16, 1933, ¶ 2 (Senate1933.Feb16.2)

The VICE PRESIDENT. The motion will be entered.

3: Senate, February 16, 1933, ¶ 3 (Senate1933.Feb16.3)

Mr. GLASS. Mr. President, I desire formally to offer Senate Joint Resolution 202 as a substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 211.

5: Senate, February 16, 1933, ¶ 5 (Senate1933.Feb16.5)

Resolved, etc., That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the several States:

7: Senate, February 16, 1933, ¶ 7 (Senate1933.Feb16.7)

"SECTION 1. Article XVIII of the amendments to this Constitution is hereby repealed. The sa l e of intoxicating liquors within the United States or any territory subject to the jurisdict i on thereof for consumption at the place of s a le (commonly known as a saloon), and the transportation of intoxicating liquors into any State , Territory, District, or possession of the TTnited States in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors are prohibited by law, are hereby prohibited. The Congress and the several States , Terri t orie~. and possessions shall ha v e concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation .

8: Senate, February 16, 1933, ¶ 8 (Senate1933.Feb16.8)

" SEc. 2. 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 seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress."

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