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Reed Amendment (alcohol)

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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.[citation needed]

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  • Graves, John K. (1917). "The Reed "Bone-Dry Amendment"". Virginia Law Review. 4 (8): 634–642. doi:10.2307/1063344. JSTOR 1063344.