Reed Amendment (alcohol)

The Reed Amendment was sponsored by Senator James A. Reed (D) of Missouri and passed March 3, 1913, it added to the toothless Webb–Kenyon Act of 1913 by imposing a fine of $1,000 for transporting liquor into a dry state with no greater effect.

References

Graves, John K. (1917). "The Reed "Bone-Dry Amendment"". Virginia Law Review 4 (8). JSTOR 1063344.

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