Oklahoma Beer Act of 1933

Oklahoma Beer Act of 1933

Long title	An Act to legalize the manufacture, sale, or possession of 3.2 per centum beer in the State of Oklahoma when and if the same is legalized by a majority vote of the people of Oklahoma or by act of the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma.
Nicknames	Oklahoma Beer Permit Act
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Effective	June 16, 1933
Citations
Public law	73-82
Statutes at Large	48 Stat. 311
Codification
Titles amended	27 U.S.C.: Intoxicating Liquors
U.S.C. sections created	27 U.S.C. ch. 2A § 64p
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 5690 by William Wirt Hastings (D-OK) on May 22, 1933 Committee consideration by House Judiciary, Senate Judiciary Passed the House on May 29, 1933 (Passed) Passed the Senate on June 7, 1933 (Passed) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 16, 1933

Oklahoma Beer Act of 1933 is a United States public law legalizing the manufacture, possession, and sale of low-point beer in the State of Oklahoma. The Act of Congress cites the federal statute is binding with the cast of legal votes by the State of Oklahoma constituents or legislative action by the Oklahoma Legislature.

Abolishment of Prohibition Era

The H.R. 5690 legislation was enacted into law in conjunction with the 1933 Blaine Act and Cullen-Harrison Act. The 72nd and 73rd U.S. Congressional sessions repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution or the Volstead Act abolishing Prohibition in the United States.^[1]

See also

• Alcohol laws of Oklahoma
• Dust Bowl
• Great Depression
• New Deal
• Repeal of Prohibition in the United States
• Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

References

1. Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Message to Congress on Repeal of the Volstead Act.," March 13, 1933". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

External links

• Franklin, Jimmie L. "Prohibition". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
• Urbana Daily Courier (July 12, 1933). "Beer is O.K.'D by Bone Dry Oklahoma, But Close Vote on Repeal is Expected". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Message to Congress Recommending Enactment of the National Industrial Recovery Act.," May 17, 1933". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
• "S. J. Res. 211 Proposing Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution". The National Archives Catalog. United States National Archives.