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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 - Bristol 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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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
64,625
39,864
40,842 145,331
Acushnet
 
1,505
1,157
863
3,525
Attleboro
 
4,593
2,354
1,303
8,250
Berkley
 
299
157
134
590
Dartmouth
 
3,461
2,944
1,607
8,012
Dighton
 
717
444
278
1,439
Easton
 
2,606
1,115
654
4,375
Fairhaven
 
2,831
1,864
1,156
5,851
Fall River
 
12,175
5,838
12,172
30,185
Freetown
 
777
489
258
1,524
Mansfield
 
1,854
922
601
3,377
New Bedford
 
12,455
10,741
9,485
32,681
N. Attleborough
 
3,091
1,513
1,205
5,809
Norton
 
1,532
636
416
2,584
Raynham
 
1,265
770
544
2,579
Rehoboth
 
1,018
545
370
1,933
Seekonk
 
1,987
1,025
534
3,546
Somerset
 
3,423
1,703
1,799
6,925
Swansea
 
2,366
1,417
1,184
4,967
Taunton
 
5,461
3,506
5,325
14,292
Westport
 
1,926
1,168
1,232
4,326
County Totals
64,625
39,864
40,842 145,331