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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 - Barnstable 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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Barnstable County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Barnstable
 
5,726
2,446
1,510
9,682
Bourne
 
1,667
908
710
3,285
Brewster
 
1,056
437
213
1,706
Chatham
 
1,587
667
340
2,594
Dennis
 
2,690
1,148
697
4,535
Eastham
 
856
351
145
1,352
Falmouth
 
3,855
1,901
1,191
6,947
Harwich
 
1,981
921
389
3,291
Mashpee
 
557
252
156
965
Orleans
 
1,448
508
319
2,275
Provincetown
 
815
249
273
1,337
Sandwich
 
1,345
625
318
2,288
Truro
 
345
120
77
542
Wellfleet
 
572
220
164
956
Yarmouth
 
3,740
1,818
1,229
6,787
County Totals
28,240
12,571
7,731 48,542