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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 - Worcester 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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Worcester County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
109,987
47,961
54,268 212,216
Ashburnham
 
625
311
240
1,176
Athol
 
1,596
802
655
3,053
Auburn
 
3,464
1,460
1,210
6,134
Barre
 
711
353
497
1,561
Berlin
 
427
192
113
732
Blackstone
 
1,062
449
516
2,027
Bolton
 
464
205
94
763
Boylston
 
705
268
190
1,163
Brookfield
 
339
180
176
695
Charlton
 
713
356
281
1,350
Clinton
 
2,039
1,061
1,401
4,501
Douglas
 
589
310
349
1,248
Dudley
 
1,211
607
755
2,573
E. Brookfield
 
328
143
167
638
Fitchburg
 
6,422
2,988
4,074
13,484
Gardner
 
3,074
1,509
1,921
6,504
Grafton
 
2,093
881
948
3,922
Hardwick
 
387
187
207
781
Harvard
 
808
423
113
1,344
Holden
 
3,012
1,142
780
4,934
Hopedale
 
822
405
415
1,642
Hubbardston
 
265
133
115
513
Lancaster
 
771
422
321
1,514
Leicester
 
1,591
694
656
2,941
Leominster
 
5,397
2,452
2,674
10,523
Lunenburg
 
1,597
649
546
2,792
Mendon
 
422
272
208
902
Milford
 
3,052
1,923
2,380
7,355
Millbury
 
2,038
882
1,115
4,035
Millville
 
294
129
182
605
New Braintree
 
117
44
49
210
N. Brookfield
 
704
388
367
1,459
Northborough
 
2,044
836
453
3,333
Northbridge
 
2,376
813
963
4,152
Oakham
 
184
73
71
328
Oxford
 
1,486
469
465
2,420
Paxton
 
865
313
192
1,370
Petersham
 
246
106
63
415
Phillipston
 
127
76
28
231
Princeton
 
425
149
89
663
Royalston
 
137
62
41
240
Rutland
 
741
287
132
1,160
Shrewsbury
 
4,810
1,879
1,701
8,390
Southborough
 
1,333
636
272
2,241
Southbridge
 
2,242
946
2,018
5,206
Spencer
 
1,582
763
951
3,296
Sterling
 
861
390
242
1,493
Sturbridge
 
990
374
388
1,752
Sutton
 
865
424
376
1,665
Templeton
 
868
424
368
1,660
Upton
 
671
366
332
1,369
Uxbridge
 
1,437
659
801
2,897
Warren
 
611
288
359
1,258
Webster
 
2,040
1,061
1,741
4,842
W. Boylston
 
1,581
544
379
2,504
W. Brookfield
 
429
242
221
892
Westborough
 
2,819
1,132
706
4,657
Westminster
 
964
446
313
1,723
Winchendon
 
795
421
365
1,581
Worcester
 
29,319
11,562
16,523
57,404
County Totals
109,987
47,961
54,268 212,216