Government in the United States, National, State and Local Part 36

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 Const.i.tution by the Legislatures of the several States, as provided by the Const.i.tution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

ARTICLE XIX[133]

[133] Adopted in 1920.

SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of s.e.x.

SECTION 2. Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of this article.