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<br />To vote on the following, mark a Cross X to the square at the right
<br />of YES or NO: —
<br />QUESTION NO. 2.
<br />PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
<br />Shall an amendment to the constitution to provide that the General Court
<br />may prescribe the terms and conditions under which pardons of offences which
<br />are felonies may be grated which is further described as follows: —
<br />Ws article of amendment to the Constitution of Massachusetts annuls
<br />Article VIII of section 1 of chapter II of Part the Second of the Constitution,
<br />which vested the Governor, by and with the advice of the Council, with the full
<br />and unrestricted power of pardoning offences of which a person is convicted,
<br />except such as persons may be convicted of before the Senate by a Impeach-
<br />ment of the House, and adopts a new Article VIII in place thereof.
<br />This new Article VIII vests the pardoningwer in the Governor, by and
<br />with the advice of the Council, but provides further that if the offence to be
<br />pardoned is a felony the Legislature shall have power to prescribe the terms
<br />and conditions upon which a pardon may be granted.
<br />The new Article VIII contains the same provision -as the old with relation
<br />to the ineffectiveness of pardons grated before a conviction, —
<br />which proposed amendment was approved by the General Court
<br />and In a joint session of the two branches held July 8, 1941, received
<br />199 votes in the affirmative and 1 In the negative, and In a
<br />joint session of the two branches held May 12, 1943, re- YES 5 g
<br />calved 198 votes In the affirmative and 0 In the negative,
<br />—be approved? I NO S
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<br />of YES or NO: -
<br />QUESTION NO. 3.
<br />PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
<br />Shall an amendment to the constitution restoring Annual Sessions of the
<br />General Court and an Annual Budget which is further described as follows: —
<br />This amendment to the Constitution of Massachusetts annuls Article LXXII
<br />of the Amendments which provided for biennial sessions of the Legislature
<br />and a biennial budget, and makes effective those earlier provisions of the
<br />Constitution and its Amendments which were annulled or affected by said
<br />Article LXXII, —
<br />which proposed amendment was approved by the General Court
<br />and in a joint session of the two branches held July 8, 1941, received
<br />172 votes in the affirmative and 38 in the negative, and in a
<br />joint session of the two branches held May 12, 1943, re- YES -1
<br />ceived 188 votes in the affirmative and S2 in the negative,
<br />— be approved? NO 15'
<br />7o vote on the following, mark a Cross X to the square at the right
<br />of YES or NO: —
<br />QUESTION NO. 4.
<br />PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
<br />Shall an amendment to the constitution providing for Absent Voting by
<br />Qualified Voters who by Reason of Physical Disability are unable to vote in
<br />Person which is further described as follows: —
<br />This amendment to the Constitution of Massachusetts annuls Article XLV
<br />of the Amendments to the Constitution which related to absentee voting and
<br />adopts in its place a new Article XLV which authorizes the Legislature to pro-
<br />vide for voting, in the choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question
<br />submitted at an election, by qualified voters of the Commonwealth who at the
<br />time of such a election are absent from the city or town of which they are
<br />inhabitants or are unable by reason of physical disability to cast their votes in
<br />person, —
<br />which proposed amendment was approved by the General Court
<br />and In a joint session of the two branches held July 8, 1941, received
<br />171 votes in the affirmative and 30 In the negative, and in
<br />a joint session of the two branches held May 27, 1943, re- YES 63
<br />ceived 186 votes in the affirmative and 61 in the negative,
<br />— be approved? No
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<br />of YES or NO: —
<br />QUESTION NO. S.
<br />LAW SUBMITTED UPON REFERENDUM AFTER PASSAGE.
<br />Shall a law described as follows: — This law amends chapter 271 of the
<br />General Laws by striking out section 22A, as previously amended, and insert-
<br />ing in place thereof a new section 22A, which provides that conducting or pro-
<br />moting a game of whist or bridge in connection with which prizes are offered
<br />to be won by chance, or allowing such a game to be conducted or promoted,
<br />shall not authorize the prosecution, arrest or conviction of any person for
<br />such acts under chapter 271 of the General Laws, which deals with crimes
<br />against public policy, if the entire proceeds of the charges for admission to
<br />such game are donated solely to charitable, civic, educational, fraternal or
<br />religious purposes. This new section does not contain, as did the section
<br />now stricken out, provisions authorizing the licensing and conducting of the
<br />game of beano,—
<br />which section was approved by both branches of the YE$ i�-%
<br />General Court by vote not recorded,
<br />— be approved? I NO I / to
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<br />of YES or NO: —
<br />To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all three of the i
<br />following questions: —
<br />(a) H a voter desires to permit the sale in this city (or town) of my and all
<br />alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will
<br />vote " YES " on all three questions.
<br />(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages only
<br />to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote " NO " on ques-
<br />tion one, " YES " on question two and " NO " on question three.
<br />(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic beverages but only
<br />in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will
<br />vote " NO " on questions one and two and " YES " on question three.
<br />(d) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages
<br />to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition other alcoholic
<br />beverages but o in not to be drunk
<br />where sold, bewill vola" 0 1 n called,
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<br />two and three.
<br />(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alcoholic bever-
<br />ages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, he will vote " NO "
<br />on all three questions. ,
<br />1. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale YES
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<br />therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt bever-
<br />ages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)?
<br />2. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale YEs g
<br />therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and
<br />all other malt beverages)? No As -
<br />3.
<br />S3. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale YES n ?
<br />therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be 0 J
<br />drunk on the premises? No IQ /
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<br />Tuesday, November 7, 1944
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