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 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION-l 933 1625 JOINT RESOLUTION [B. 1 . Res. 211.) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United Staws. ' Resolved by t':e B.enate fVfI.d H0tt8e of Representafives 01 the UniteiJ : States of Amerwa 1,n Oongres'J {])8semiJleiJ. (tlu:Jo..th1,rds of each H0W8e ( concurring therein), That the following article is hereby proposed nthm~n~Wu: as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which i~n. 0 e 0 U shall be valid to all intents and purpose~ as part of the Constitution . when ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the several States: ~ X \' "ARTICLE--, -- " SECTION 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitu- E amend· tion of the United States is hereby repealed. men re . " SEC. 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Terri- u!to~=te Of~ tory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein portation. of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. "SEC 3 This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been Ipoperative, If not • • ratified In seven years. 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." JNO. N . GARNER Speaker of the House of Representati·ves . CHARLES Cmms Vice President of the United States and Presi<knt of the Senate. I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the Senate. EDWIN P. THAYER Secretary. [Deposited in the Department of State, February 20, 1933.]