State v. Dix

Counsel

Mr. Jas. M. Patterson , for appellants, cites: The Act of 1917 ( 30 Stats. 69 , 169) was repealed by the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment ( 253 U.S. 350 , 64 L.Ed. 946 , 40 Sup. Ct. 486 .) And the clause in that amendment permitting the States to pass "appropriate legislation" to enforce it does not include the Act of 1917. The Federal Constitution is a direct grant and the Eighteenth Amendment must be construed to be prospective: 8 Cyc. 731;. Robert L. Gunter, Solicitor , for respondent. Oral argument.