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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1917 Ban on alcoholic beverages in Columbia's district}}<br />
{{Infobox U.S. legislation<br />
| shorttitle = Sheppard Bone-Dry Act<br />
| othershorttitles =<br />
| longtitle = An Act to prevent the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.<br />
| colloquialacronym = <br />
| nickname = District of Columbia Prohibition Act<br />
| enacted by = 64th<br />
| effective date = March 3, 1917<br />
| public law url = http://legisworks.org/congress/64/publaw-383.pdf<br />
| cite public law = 64-383<br />
| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|39|1123}}<br />
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| introducedin = Senate<br />
| introducedbill = {{USBill|64|S.|1082}}<br />
| introducedby = [[Morris Sheppard]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Texas|TX]])<br />
| introduceddate = February 11, 1916<br />
| committees = <br />
| passedbody1 = Senate<br />
| passeddate1 = January 9, 1917<br />
| passedvote1 = [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/64-2/s293 59-34]<br />
| passedbody2 = House<br />
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| passeddate2 = February 28, 1917<br />
| passedvote2 = [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/64-2/h151 276-143]<br />
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| signedpresident = [[Woodrow Wilson]]<br />
| signeddate = March 3, 1917<br />
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The '''Sheppard Bone-Dry Act''', sponsored by Sen. [[Morris Sheppard]] (D) of Texas, was passed by the [[US Congress]] in 1917. It imposed a [[Prohibition|ban on alcoholic beverages]] in the [[District of Columbia]]. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Craddock |first1=Van |title=Craddock: Raising a glass to Morris Sheppard {{!}} Local News {{!}} news-journal.com |url=https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/craddock-raising-a-glass-to-morris-sheppard/article_6c3845f2-2ea2-5589-89e4-6a916b8de8d8.html |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=Longview News-Journal |date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807210653/https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/craddock-raising-a-glass-to-morris-sheppard/article_6c3845f2-2ea2-5589-89e4-6a916b8de8d8.html |archive-date=7 August 2024}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1917 in American law]]<br />
[[Category:64th United States Congress]]<br />
[[Category:History of the District of Columbia]]<br />
[[Category:Prohibition in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Temperance movement in Washington, D.C.]]</div>imported>Littlelago123