The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-06
PROHIBITION IN
JANUARY 1920
AMENDMENT SIGNED BY ACTING
SECRETARY POLK.
Signed in Presence of
MIR. Bryan and Others
Proclamation Dated Jan. 29th, 1919
But Legal Authorities Say the
Law is Effective Jan. 1920.

But Legal Authorities Say the
Law is Effective Jan. 1920.
Washington, Jan. 29.-Ratifica-
ton of the prohibition amendment
to the federal constitution was pro-
claimed formally today by Frank l..
Polk, acting secretary of state. The
proclamation is dated today, but le-
gal authorities of the department
say ratification was accomplished
when the thirty-sixth State acted ia
vorably on January and that un-
der the terms of the amendment it.
self prohibition becomes effective
one year from that date.
The proclamation was signed by
Mr.. Polk exactly at 1920 a. M, in
the presence of Senator Sheppard, of
Texas, author of the resolution; for
mer Secretary Bryan, Representa-
tives Charles H. Randell, of Califor-
mia, prohibitionist member of the
house, and officials of the Anti-Sa-
loon League of America, the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union
and other anti-saloon organizations.
Mr.. Polk used several pens in af-
fixing his signature and presented
them to Senator Sheppard, Mr.. Bry-
an, Representative Randell and 9TH
ers.
The Proclamation.
The proclamation follows:
To all to whom these presents
shall come, greetings: Know ye that
the Congress of the United States
at the second session, Sixty-ffth
Congress, begun at Washington on
the 3rd day of December In the year
1917, passed resolution in the
words and figures following, to-
wit:
Joint resolution: Proposing an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States.
Resolved by the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in con-
gress assembled (two-thirds of each
house concurring therein), That
the following amendment to the
constitution be, and hereby is, pro-
posed 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:
Section /. After one year from
the ratification of this article the
manufacture, sale or transportation
of intoxicating liquors within, the
importation thereof into, or the ex-
portation thereof from the United
States and all territory subject to
the jurisdiction thereof for beverage
purposes be hereby prohibited.
"Sec. 2. The congress and the sew
eral States shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by ap-
propriate legislation.
States Must Ratify.
"Ses. 8. This article shall be, in
operative unless it shall have been
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 congress"
And further, that it appears from
official documents on file in this de-
partment that the amendment to the
constitution of the United States
proposed as aforesaid has been rati-
fed by the legislatures of the states
Of Alabama, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Geor-
gia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Min
nesota, Mississippi, Montana, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, North Caro-
lima. North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, South Dakota, South Carroll
ma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wiscon-
sin and Wyoming.
And further, that the States whose
legislatures have so ratified the said
proposed amendment constitute
three-fourth of the whole number of
States in the United States.
Now, therefore, be it known that
I, Frank L. Polk, acting secretary Of
state of the United States, by virtue
and in pursuance of section 955 of
the revised statutes of the United
States do hereby certify that the
amendment aforesaid has become
valid to all intents and purposes as
= ,or+ of tho constitution of tho ITni-