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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 - Hampshire 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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Hampshire County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
22,384
10,087
8,160 40,631
Amherst
 
3,872
999
948
5,819
Belchertown
 
894
384
288
1,566
Chesterfield
 
142
67
59
268
Cummington
 
168
67
35
270
Easthampton
 
2,778
1,404
1,159
5,341
Goshen
 
112
52
32
196
Granby
 
802
438
283
1,523
Hadley
 
831
373
378
1,582
Hatfield
 
603
282
308
1,193
Huntington
 
273
129
106
508
Middlefield
 
56
40
23
119
Northampton
 
5,236
2,388
2,100
9,724
Pelham
 
257
73
43
373
Plainfield
 
63
28
30
121
S. Hadley
 
3,107
1,819
933
5,859
Southampton
 
694
351
161
1,206
Ware
 
1,679
809
1,044
3,532
Westhampton
 
192
105
40
337
Williamsburg
 
457
210
142
809
Worthington
 
168
69
48
285
County Totals
22,384
10,087
8,160 40,631