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.
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View Official Source (PDF)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?
| View as: # | % | Middlesex County Results |
| 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 | ||