Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-22
COUNTRY IS VOTED
DRY; 56 STATES
FOR AMENDMENT
Liquor Traffic to Meet Its Death
on July |.
DEPENDS ON PEACE PACT
Text of Constitutional Amendment
Forbids The Manufacture, Sale or
transportation of intoxicating
Liquors Within the Uni
ted States

Washington, Jan. 16.-The legisla-
tnres OF SO states have ratified the
prohibition amendment 10 the United
States Constitution.
This ratification puts the nation on
the water wagon. giving the neces-
sary threefourths vote
The action of the following states
completed the required number:
Iowa Oregon
Utah New Hampshire.
Colorado. Missouri
Twelve states have not decided the
Issue. They are:
Nebraska Pennsylvania
Nevada Rhode Island.
New Jersey Vermont
New Mexico. Wisconsin
New York Wyoming
These Are Certified.
OF the SO states that have taken ac-
ton. only Is have certified their ac-
ton to the federal state department.
They are:
Virginia Montana
Kentucky. Delaware
North Dakota Massachusetts.
South Carolina Arizona
Maryland Georgia
South Dakota Louisiana
Texas Michigan
This action. however, is merely per
functory and the other states are ex-
pected TO send in their certificates i'm
mediately.
Dry Nation July I?
The amendment, under its provi-
sions, becomes effective enc year from
the date of its final ratification If
ratification is completed this month
many officials here believe the coun-
try will become permanently dry next
July /, the date on which the special
wartime prohibition recently enacted
by congress goes into effect
This law prevents the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants for beverage
purposes and remains in force until
the rehabilitation of the nations war
armies is completed.
While the law thus becomes effec-
tive, additional legislation by congress
is necessary to make it operative and
ground work for this already has been
Laid This legislation will prescribe
penalties for violations of the amend
ment and determine how and by what
agencies the law shall be enforced
Mississippi Was First
The resolution providing for the
federal amendment was passed by the
United States senate. 60 to % on Au-
gust 1, 1917. and By the house 2S2 to
12S. on December II. 1917. Alissis-
sippi was the first state to ratify the
amendment its legislature acting on
January s, 1918 The text of the
amendment follows:
Section 1-Affer one year from
the ratification of this article the
manufacture. sale. or transportation
of Intoxicating liquors within. the inn
portation thereof into. or the expOrta-
ton thereof from the United States
and all territory subject to the juris-
diction thereof for beverage purposes
is hereby prohibited.
Section 2-The congress and the
several states shall have a concurrent
power to enforce this article by APP
propriate Legislation.
Section 3-This article shall be in
operative unless IL Snall nave Deeu
ratified as an amendment TO the Con-
stitution 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"
States TO Fight Ratification
San Francisco, Jan 16--Following
the obtaining here Of an order tempo
rarily restraining Gov. William D.
Stephens from signing ratification of
the federal -ohibition constitutional
amendment If was Indicated that SINH
lar action may be taken In certain
other states. 1t was said at the office
of the California Grape Growers as
sociation that such action Is possible in
Il other states.
The states. according TO the a.Ssocia-
ton, are: Arkansas, Colorado, Maine,
Nevada, New Mexico. Oklahoma. Ore
gon, Ohio, Utah. Washington, Nilsson
ri and Nebraska.
In these states, II was said, all legiS-
lative actions can be under the law re-
ferred TO the people and that in many
of them the people have 60 days in
which TO take a referendum.