Senate
Concurrent Resolution No. 1
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State
of New Jersey
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CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution
of the United States of America. |
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WHEREAS,
Both Houses of the Sixty-fifth Congress of the United States
of America, by a constitutional majority of two-thirds thereof,
made the following proposition to amend the Constitution of
the United States of America, in the following words, to wit:
“Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States. |
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“1.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each
House concurring therein), That the following amendment to the
Constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the States, to become
valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures
of the several States as provided by the Constitution. |
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“ARTICLE
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“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. |
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“Sec.
2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. [pg.
1]
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“Sec. 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.” Therefore, |
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BE
IT RESOLVED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey: |
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1. That
the said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United
States of America be and the same is hereby ratified by the
Legislature of the State of New Jersey. |
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2. That
certified copies of this preamble and concurrent resolution
be forwarded by the Governor of this State to the Secretary
of State of the United States of America. [pg.
2]
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 1
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SENATE, |
3/6,
1922 |
This
bill having been three times read in the Senate, |
RESOLVED,
That the same do pass. |
By
order of the Senate. |
William
B. Mackay Jr., President of the Senate |
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HOUSE
OF ASSEMBLY, |
3/9,
1922 |
This
bill having been three times read and compared in the House
of Assembly, |
RESOLVED,
That the same do pass. |
By
order of the House of Assembly. |
T.
Harry Rowland, Speaker of the House of Assembly [pg. 3] |