Show Am Amendment d. d rt ni V Is Part Pari 01 o oV V V F deral Jan Jati 29 Ratification of the tho prohibition amendment to W WASHINGTON V V the thc federal constitution effective January aG 1920 0 was as proclaimed today in a proclamation si at 1130 a. a m m. at the state department b by Act Act- I jug Secretary Polk The rhe proclamation was by O Mr Iro Polk at exactly Q o'clock In the tho presence of oC Senator tol Sheppard of or Texas author of the tho amendment resolution former Cormer Secretary Bryan tl five of oC Call California Cornia prohibitionist prohibition prohibitIon- 1st member of or the House an and officials of or the Saloon Anti League of America the Women's Christian Temperance union unton and other saloon anti-saloon V Mr 11 Polk used se several pens In affixIng affixing affix affix- In Ing his signature nn and l presented them to Senator Sheppard Mr Bryan nel Rep Rep- e Randall and others rime Tho proclamation follows To all to whom these presents shall come Jr greeting V V V Know ye c that the thc Congress Cong of the United St States tes at tho second session Sixty fifth Congress Cong begun Ht at Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Inston on the thc third day of ot December In In the year ear 1917 passed a resolution In the tho words an and figures follow following InS InS' to toV V wit I 1 Joint proposing proposing- an nn amendment to the constitution of oC the tho thoI United States V Resolved d b by o tho the Senate and House of Representatives of oC thc the United States of ot America In Congress assembled two thirds of or each house concurring therein that the tho following amendment to tho the constitution n b hA be and hereby Is proposed to the states to become valid us as a part of or thc the constitution when ratIfied ratIfied ratified rat rat- b by the legislatures of or the thc several eral states slates as ds provided I by the con One Year Allowed I Section 1 After i-ACter After one ono year eal from the time I ratification of ot this article Limo tho manufacture manu manu- facture sale bale or transportation of or In Intoxicating Intoxicating intoxicating In- In liquors the Importation importation tation thereof Into or tho the exportation thereof from the tIme United StatCH und nod all 11 territory subject to the Jurisdiction thereof for COt beverage crago purposes purpose Is hereby hereby hereby here here- by prohibited Section 2 TIme Thc Thc Congress Conc and anti tho the several states shall have ha concurrent power to enforce this arti article le by br legislation V VV V Section This article shall be In Inoperative inoperative In- In operative unless it shall lia havo been ratified as an amendment to the thc constitution con con- b by the legislatures of ot tho the several several sev sev- eral oral states as provided In the constitution constitution within seven Sc years from thu tho dato datI of ot the submission hereof to the time I states elates by tho the Congress Received And further that it appeals appeal from official documents on file in this de department department do- do that tho amendment to the constitution of ot the tho United States Proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed as aforesaid has been ratified h by bythe bythe the legislatures ot of the thc states statCH of or Alabama Ala Ala- bama hama Arizona California Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Il Illinois II- II Indiana Kansas sas Kentucky Kentuck Louisiana Maine Maryland Massa Massachusetts Massachusetts ta Ka Michigan Minnesota Mis Montana Nebraska Now NeW Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Da kota icota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon S South It h. h V Continued oft of p pa Co o 2 V J I I I DRY AMENDMENT IS PROCLAIMED PASSED Continued from pago 1 Dakota South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Washington West est Virginia Wisconsin 1 and Wyoming And further that the tho states state whose legislatures have o so ratified the said proposed amendment constitute three three- fourths of ot the tho whole number of or states In the United States State Now 00 therefore bo be It known that I I. I Frank L L. Polk acting secretary of or I state of ot tho the United States Slates b by virtue and in pursuance of ot section 0 05 of at the revised re of ot the United States do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid to all nil In- In tc tt s and purposes as a part of or the constitution t ut Ion of ot tho Un United fled States In In testimony whereof I have hereunto hereunto here here- unto set m my hand and caused the tho seal of or tho department of ot state to be af ar- ar fixed Don Dono Donn at the tine City CIl C Washington Washing Washing- ton this da day of oC January Januar In the year ear of or our Lord ono one thousand nine hundred and nineteen FRANK K 1 J. I. I POLK POLE Acting Secretary of or State Stale Wets to Fight On Oil Despite Polk's Folks Act New York Jan The 9 The action Rellon today of Frank L. L Polk Polk acting secretary of ot state formally proclaiming ratification of ot the prohibition amen amendment ment to the federal constitution Is not nol yet l binding according to a contention contained In Ina Inn ina a n statement Issued tonight by an executive executive ex ex- committee representing the Association of oC America 1 at atthe tho the close of ot a 1 two days days' conference here rC Of Ot the three forty states whose legislatures leg- leg 1 have havo acted on the amendment the constitutions of oC two twenty the distillers claimed contain a a. referendum a-referendum provision which expressly that no o action of ot the legislature be becomes becomes becomes be- be comes effective o until ninety days after adjournment if It during ninety days dl 0 5 j or 6 per cent of ot the tho voters pe petition pe- pe for a n. referendum the action of ot the le legislature I must be he submitted to the people leOple I Action to tu De Ue I Of the these e two twenty states the committee committee com com- added aed th the legislatures of ot fourteen four fout- teen are nr still In session and luid tho the ninety nine nine- ninety t ty days daya In which to petition for tor a ref ref- have h not begun to run The committee announced that immediate steps would be La taken laken t to have o a referendum refer refer- invoIced Invoked In these fourteen states stateR and anti probably In others othen Action In these fourteen states stales Is riot not final until the people have 1130 had opportunity to act the tho distillers declared Considering only these states and deducting de de- de- de ducting them from tho the I three tort whose le legislatures have acted the committee sal said Bald showed that the drys I have ha captured only twenty-eight twenty states or eight less than the I fourths three required re required re- re Utah Included 11 Tho fourteen states stales referred to lo a are arc rc Arkansas California Colorado Idaho Maine Iane Michigan Missouri Nebraska Nevada Now Mexico le Ohio Ohl Utah Ulah Oregon Ore Ore- gon son and Washington The fhe people In these fourteen Courteen states states' I under their c constitutional referendum u I I I I rights are arc a n part of oC the lawmakinG bod oily body declared trio the cl dl distillers distillers' state te men ment 1 Un Until the lh II pop Ol OlO u O ha have 6 voted upon the proposition there has been and can be he no legislative o action This referendum Is now a a. L funda mental right light of the people It is Intended Intended in In- In tended that lint tho the people shall avail an themselves l elt of this fundamental right gild and that thC they hies shall vote ote upon the ques qu's tion whether Inherent state powers and aud privileges nn and Individual liberty shall be destroyed Vote in ill N New w York Senate Is Clo Close SC Alban y jan ew 21 23 York i York be be- J I c came tho the tort forty foul th slate t to o IL Jy the line federal prohibition amendment I who when t the tho senate enate tonight b by a vote o of oft 27 t 7 to 2 24 4 concurred In the McNab Ic ab rati ralf- lying resolution which t was waa adopted by the assembly last week weel delegation of ot twenty twenty- two voted as a a. unit against R ratification l un and was f. assisted b by tw two Republicans Henry nr M M. 1 Sage of ot AlLan Albany and Charles C C. Lockwood of or lug I both of ot whom lorn had hall refused refund to b be bound by the action of ot a Republican n caucus Months Monday night In n making the tho j i ure ff question a part Darts mea mess i Adoption of the tho resolution solution l mn v was act ac ae- after ac- ac eight hours and tad t liven il t ty minutes of oC blek bickering over OYer parliamentary technIcalities |