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Summary of Question 7

This proposed amendment to the Hampshire County Charter would impose, effective January 1,1993, a Regional Services excise of $1.14 per $500 of the value of transactions recorded at the county registry of deeds. The excise would:

• Be paid by the seller and would not apply where the seller was a political subdivision of the Commonwealth;

• Be collected through procedures proposed by the register of deeds and approved by the county commissioners; and

• Be deposited in a separate account, to be appropriated annually by the county commissioners for services including, but not limited to, regional municipal and human services, the University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension services in the county, and the registry of deeds.

1992 - Hampshire County - Question 7Do you approve of the amendment to the Hampshire County Charter summarized below?

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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
13,940
44,031
12,898 70,869
Amherst
 
3,452
4,522
3,856
11,830
Belchertown
 
900
3,769
810
5,479
Chesterfield
 
91
417
60
568
Cummington
 
84
317
55
456
Easthampton
 
1,074
6,145
744
7,963
Goshen
 
76
323
57
456
Granby
 
459
1,598
930
2,987
Hadley
 
497
1,926
406
2,829
Hatfield
 
314
1,394
256
1,964
Huntington
 
125
681
112
918
Middlefield
 
48
175
26
249
Northampton
 
3,530
9,068
2,654
15,252
Pelham
 
251
444
122
817
Plainfield
 
63
189
41
293
S. Hadley
 
1,359
5,783
1,505
8,647
Southampton
 
305
2,016
242
2,563
Ware
 
819
3,178
685
4,682
Westhampton
 
122
595
79
796
Williamsburg
 
294
965
191
1,450
Worthington
 
77
526
67
670
Totals
13,940
44,031
12,898 70,869