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1 COMPLETED VOTING YESTERDAY.Chicago. Jan. 16.—The United States today completed the legislative process of voting itself dry.When word was flashed over the wires that the thirty-sixth.: State. Nebraska, had ratified the prohibition amendment, prohibition amendment, prohibition leaders declared that the accomplishment was the greatest piece of moral legislation in the history of the world. .Nebraska’s vote was taken at 10.32 A. M.The Missouri Legislature today ratified the Federal prohibition'amendment when the House concurred in the Senate resolution by: a vote of 154 to 36. _Missouri is the thirty-seventh State to act.•! The Wyoming Legislature also unanimously ratified the prohibition amendment to the Federal Constitution, both houses acting Jjcfore noon.The amendment to the Federal Constiution prohibition the man-! ufactufe and sale of intoxicating beverages becomes effective onei; vear after tlis date of its final ratification.:V Meanwhile, the nation goes dry July 1 next, by Presidentiali nrociamation, as a war measure unless the President rescinds it be-* ^! fore that date.
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The Frederick News Post
Frederick, Maryland, US
Fri, Jan 17, 1919
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