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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 - Middlesex 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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Middlesex County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
254,510
117,696
106,157 478,363
Acton
 
3,679
1,378
517
5,574
Arlington
 
12,245
5,661
3,701
21,607
Ashby
 
417
185
124
726
Ashland
 
1,411
958
362
2,731
Ayer
 
740
381
232
1,353
Bedford
 
2,786
1,171
615
4,572
Belmont
 
7,339
2,964
2,361
12,664
Billerica
 
5,105
3,041
1,385
9,531
Boxborough
 
448
152
55
655
Burlington
 
4,229
1,463
1,192
6,884
Cambridge
 
17,559
5,759
7,446
30,764
Carlisle
 
870
256
132
1,258
Chelmsford
 
5,672
3,569
1,408
10,649
Concord
 
4,478
1,053
778
6,309
Dracut
 
2,903
2,629
1,644
7,176
Dunstable
 
268
160
93
521
Everett
 
4,450
2,639
7,258
14,347
Framingham
 
12,184
5,114
3,209
20,507
Groton
 
1,156
502
236
1,894
Holliston
 
2,570
1,012
511
4,093
Hopkinton
 
1,174
587
356
2,117
Hudson
 
2,406
1,234
1,070
4,710
Lexington
 
7,898
2,434
2,516
12,848
Lincoln
 
1,570
364
237
2,171
Littleton
 
1,257
584
221
2,062
Lowell
 
12,257
9,839
8,814
30,910
Malden
 
7,575
4,981
5,788
18,344
Marlborough
 
5,397
2,536
2,316
10,249
Maynard
 
1,716
887
740
3,343
Medford
 
11,185
5,664
6,051
22,900
Melrose
 
6,373
3,447
2,478
12,298
Natick
 
6,078
2,338
2,061
10,477
Newton
 
21,418
5,914
7,733
35,065
N. Reading
 
2,417
1,035
571
4,023
Pepperell
 
1,040
585
402
2,027
Reading
 
5,059
2,290
991
8,340
Sherborn
 
911
525
144
1,580
Shirley
 
638
217
189
1,044
Somerville
 
11,901
5,520
7,003
24,424
Stoneham
 
4,190
2,061
1,439
7,690
Stow
 
962
357
176
1,495
Sudbury
 
2,884
1,411
660
4,955
Tewksbury
 
4,528
2,466
1,093
8,087
Townsend
 
786
351
246
1,383
Tyngsborough
 
624
501
258
1,383
Wakefield
 
5,185
2,645
1,751
9,581
Waltham
 
6,927
3,326
6,064
16,317
Watertown
 
7,332
3,219
3,687
14,238
Wayland
 
3,416
1,176
570
5,162
Westford
 
2,066
1,364
571
4,001
Weston
 
3,265
971
458
4,694
Wilmington
 
2,527
1,314
1,136
4,977
Winchester
 
5,310
2,110
1,813
9,233
Woburn
 
5,729
3,396
3,295
12,420
County Totals
254,510
117,696
106,157 478,363