Oklahoma Beer Act of 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.

Oklahoma Beer Act of 1933
Long titleAn 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.
NicknamesOklahoma Beer Permit Act
Enacted bythe 73rd United States Congress
EffectiveJune 16, 1933
Citations
Public lawPub.L. 73–82
Statutes at Large48 Stat. 311
Codification
Titles amended27 U.S.C.: Intoxicating Liquors
U.S.C. sections created27 U.S.C. ch. 2A § 64p
Legislative history

Abolishment of Prohibition Era
See also: Excise tax in the United States

The anti-prohibition legislation was enacted into law in conjunction with the Blaine Act and Cullen-Harrison Act. The 72nd United States Congress proposed the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution as endorsed by John Nance Garner and Charles Curtis on February 20, 1933.[1] The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Volstead Act was repealed upon ratifying the twenty-first constitutional law abolishing Prohibition in the United States on December 5, 1933.[2][3]

On August 27, 1935, the Beer, Ale, Porter, and Similar Fermented Liquor codified law sections were officially repealed with the enactment of the Liquor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act of 1935.[4]

Oklahoma Prohibition Law of 1959

In April of 1959, the state of Oklahoma convened a state-wide election regarding the wholesale and retail sales of an alcoholic drink prohibiting Oklahoma as an alcohol monopoly and an alcoholic beverage control state. On April 7, 1959, Oklahoma registered 711,225 cast votes repealing the Oklahoma alcohol control and prohibition law. The Oklahoma electorate decisively defeated the alcohol law by a vote of 396,845 to 314,380.[5] The Oklahoma election approved the sale of packaged containers as original unopened alcoholic beverages and created the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.[6][7]

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and Oklahoma Court Cases

See also
Alcohol laws of Oklahoma
Anti-Saloon League
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Beer chemistry
Beer in the United States
Bible Belt
Dry state
Dust Bowl
Great Depression
Local option
Max Henius
National Beer Day (United States)
New Deal
Repeal of Prohibition in the United States
Speakeasy
Temperance movement
United States Brewers' Association
Wickersham Commission
Film Depictions of Alcohol Prohibition Era in United States
The Great Gatsby (Multi-Screenplay Adaptations)
What! No Beer? (1933)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Prohibition (2011)
Lawless (2012)
The Great Gatsby (2013)

References
  1. "S. J. Res. 211 Proposing Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution". The National Archives Catalog. United States National Archives. February 20, 1933.
  2. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (March 13, 1933). "The First Step Toward the Repeal of the Volstead Act - March 13, 1933". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 66–67.
  3. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (December 5, 1933). "Proclamation 2065: The President Proclaims the Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment - December 5, 1933". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 510–514.
  4. "Liquor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act of 1935 ~ P.L. 74-347". 49 Stat. 872 ~ Senate Bill 3336. USLaw.Link. August 27, 1935.
  5. Everett, Dianna. "Liquor Control Act of 1959". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
  6. "Oklahoma State Question No. 386" [Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Amendment] (PDF). Oklahoma Secretary of State. State of Oklahoma.
  7. "Oklahoma State Question No. 387" [Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverages County Option Amendment] (PDF). Oklahoma Secretary of State. State of Oklahoma.

Anti-Prohibition Historical Bibliography

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