| Amendment XVIII |
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| 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. |
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| 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce |
| this article by appropriate legislation. |
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| 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an |
| amendment to the Constitution 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. |
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