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Summary of Question 1

The proposed constitutional amendment, if approved, would replace the present Article 52 of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth and would empower the General Court, bv concurrent vote of the two houses, to take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than thiry days. The present Article 52 permits such recesses but provides that "no such recess shall extend beyond the sixtieth dav" from the beginning of the legislative session.

1974 - Essex County - Question 1Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held August 25, 1971, received 212 votes in the affirmative and 39 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 6, 1973, received 235 votes in the affirmative and 19 in the negative?

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Essex County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
110,670
56,847
53,889 221,406
Amesbury
 
1,917
916
1,163
3,996
Andover
 
5,461
3,030
1,415
9,906
Beverly
 
7,895
3,477
3,183
14,555
Boxford
 
1,007
475
184
1,666
Danvers
 
4,332
2,426
1,480
8,238
Essex
 
526
227
188
941
Georgetown
 
998
516
340
1,854
Gloucester
 
3,979
1,767
2,383
8,129
Groveland
 
965
511
270
1,746
Hamilton
 
1,589
653
432
2,674
Haverhill
 
7,058
3,858
3,919
14,835
Ipswich
 
2,133
864
801
3,798
Lawrence
 
9,026
5,399
8,413
22,838
Lynn
 
12,956
6,926
6,503
26,385
Lynnfield
 
2,927
1,357
656
4,940
Manchester-by-the-Sea
 
1,392
494
387
2,273
Marblehead
 
5,814
2,223
1,295
9,332
Merrimac
 
718
362
249
1,329
Methuen
 
5,953
4,157
3,851
13,961
Middleton
 
708
413
238
1,359
Nahant
 
920
456
280
1,656
Newbury
 
934
416
317
1,667
Newburyport
 
2,762
1,529
1,761
6,052
N. Andover
 
3,365
1,763
1,265
6,393
Peabody
 
8,138
4,128
4,138
16,404
Rockport
 
1,415
582
539
2,536
Rowley
 
585
324
181
1,090
Salem
 
6,686
3,613
4,234
14,533
Salisbury
 
761
475
503
1,739
Saugus
 
5,009
2,518
1,851
9,378
Swampscott
 
2,868
1,255
1,500
5,623
Topsfield
 
1,329
476
217
2,022
Wenham
 
900
319
178
1,397
W. Newbury
 
571
299
231
1,101
County Totals
110,670
56,847
53,889 221,406