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JK 8430 LIBRARY
SLBROCGSANTA BARBARA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
THE LIBRA RY OF CONGRESS E 7I1
-TH--;WASHINGTON.D.C. 200DEC 71
GOVT. PUBLICATIONS DEPT..
L l.SS'ltATiv t E Ncl Si aviifE
MINIMUM STATUTORY AGES 1"OR VARIOUS SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
During the dobato surrounding the proposal to low'sr tho
vo ting ago from 21 yoars to 18, one ropoatodly heard a lint of arj.-
mont which apsortod that if a person is old enough to p':rform a
particular social function-most froquontly, -fight for his country--
ho should be old onough to vote. Assuming the validity of this
reasoning, the enclosed survey explores fivo such function:. upon which
* tho states havo imposed a statutory minimumnago limit.
In choosing to compile the statutes which provide the
earliest age at which a youth may purchase alcoholic beverages, ciga-
retts or tobacco, obtain an unrestricted automobile operator's
license, make a valid contract of marriage without consent of a parent
or guardian, and mako a valid will which. disposes of all property,
this roport has attempted to dovolop a sense of that ago at which
state governments tend to begin recognizing social maturity in its
young, thereby bestowing -responsibility of adulthood.
- An explanation and summary of each topic follows:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, only 11
allow any person under the age of 21 to purchase any kind of alcoholic
beverage. Five of these allow only the purchase of beer or wine: the.... . .
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Glass, Stuart. Minimum Statutory Ages For Various Social Functions, report, April 20, 1971; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1039005/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.