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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 - Hampden 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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Hampden County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
66,575
27,780
38,102 132,457
Agawam
 
3,702
1,266
1,553
6,521
Blandford
 
197
121
58
376
Brimfield
 
394
184
122
700
Chester
 
177
85
78
340
Chicopee
 
9,500
4,934
4,729
19,163
E. Longmeadow
 
2,673
844
858
4,375
Granville
 
189
122
57
368
Hampden
 
851
272
125
1,248
Holland
 
222
123
65
410
Holyoke
 
5,096
4,050
5,665
14,811
Longmeadow
 
4,720
946
766
6,432
Ludlow
 
3,033
1,274
985
5,292
Monson
 
1,267
516
497
2,280
Montgomery
 
128
62
30
220
Palmer
 
2,078
944
1,086
4,108
Russell
 
243
137
87
467
Southwick
 
1,109
549
284
1,942
Springfield
 
17,762
5,252
16,008
39,022
Tolland
 
51
17
13
81
Wales
 
191
66
54
311
W. Springfield
 
4,551
2,290
2,065
8,906
Westfield
 
5,609
3,107
2,157
10,873
Wilbraham
 
2,832
619
760
4,211
County Totals
66,575
27,780
38,102 132,457