HJR 2, 32nd R.S. history

HJR 2, 32nd R.S.

Relating to proposing to amend the Constitution of the State of Texas, by amending Article 16, Section 20, thereof by striking and repealing said section, and substituting in lieu thereof a new Section 20, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, barter and exchange of intoxicating liquors, on and after the second Tuesday in January 1912, except for medicinal, scientific and sacramental purposes, providing that the Legislature shall meet on the second Tuesday in January 1912 and pass efficient laws to enforce this section; providing further, that this section shall not prevent any session of the Legislature from passing any law to enforce the same.

Author: Clarence Edgar Gilmore
Coauthor: Bert P. Maddox | William Allen Tarver | Jess Alexander Baker | Forrest Gaither | Marvin H. Brown, Sr.

Session Law Chapter: Acts 1911, 32nd R.S., HJR 2

Gubernatorial documents:

Offering a reward of $50.00 for the arrest and conviction of any person guilty of fraudulently paying for poll tax receipts, or any person fraudulently issuing the same (poll tax fraud in constitutional amendment election of July 22, 1911, HJR 2, 32nd R.S., Prohibition)

Urging an increase in appropriations for enforcement of the law on poll tax fraud and payment of poll taxes, relating to violations in the recent election on the proposed amendment to the State Constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in Texas (Prohibition, HJR 2, 32nd R.S., election date July 22, 1911)

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