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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 - Dukes 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
Aquinnah
 
32
11
44
87
Chilmark
 
152
58
29
239
Edgartown
 
516
205
218
939
Gosnold
 
23
19
5
47
Oak Bluffs
 
433
177
224
834
Tisbury
 
626
240
299
1,165
W. Tisbury
 
254
71
66
391
County Totals
2,036
781
885 3,702