The text of the 18th Amendment to the U.S Constitution.

Date
Jan 16, 1919
Type
Government Document
Source
United States Congress
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

18th Amendment, Constitution of the United States, January 16, 1919, accessed April 11, 2022

Scribe/Publisher
United States Congress
People
United States Congress
Audience
N/A
Transcription

Section 1

After one year from the ratification of this article 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 purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section 2

The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3

This article shall be inoperative 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.

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