U.S. Constitution - Bill of Rights
Amendment XVIII
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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