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TOWN OF LEXINGTON 93 affirmative and none in the negative and at a joint session of the two Houses held May 10, 1923, received 258 votes in the affirmative and none in the negative, be approved'? Prec. I. Prec. II. Total Yes 308 1015 1323 No 128 376 504 Blanks 222 616 833 Referendum No. 3 Shall a law (Chapter 370 of the Acts of 1923) which provides that no person shall manufacture, transport by craft, watercraft or vehicles, import or export spirituous or intoxicating liquor as defined by section 3 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, or certain non -intoxicating beverages, as defined by Section 1 of said Chapter 138, unless iri each instance he shall have obtained the permit or other author- ity required therefor by the laws of the United States and the regulations made thereunder which law was approved by both branches of the General Court by votes not _e - corded, and was approved by his Excellency the Governor, be approved? Prec. I. Yes 308 No 197 Flanks 153 Referendum No. 4 Shall a law (Chapter 454 of the Acts of 1923) which provides for the raising of funds toward the cost of the construction and maintenance of highways by means of an excise tax of two cents on each gallon of gasoline and other fuel used for propelling motor vehicles on the highways of the Commonwealth, said tax to be paid by the purchaser to the distributor, who, in turn, pays it to the Commonwealth, and the money to be credited to a fund to be known as the gasoline -highway fund, out of which reimbursement is to be made to purchasers, who shall consume the gasoline or other fuel in any manner except in the operation of motoe vehicles on the highways, and the expenses of carrying out the act are to be paid, fifty percen1S of the balance of said fund to be distributed to the cities and towns of the Com- monwealth, in proportion to the amounts which they con- tribute to the State Tax, and this fifty percent to be ex- pended in contsruction or improvement of public ways with- in the city or town limits, and the other fifty percent to be expended by the State Department of Public Works on such highways as it may select, which law was approved by both Prec. II. Total 985 1293 631 828 391 544 94 ANNUAL REPORT jranches of the General Court ,by votes not recorded, and was approved by His Excellency the Governor, be approved? Prec. I. Prec. I I. Total 157 629 786 335 900 1235 166 478 644 Referendum No. 5 Shall a law (Chapter 473 of the Acts of 1923) which amends existing legislation on Cie same subject and•pro- vides that, subject to certain limitations no person shall engage or be financially interested in the business of re- ceiving deposits of money for sae keeping or for the pur- pose of transmitting the same or equivalents thereof to foreign cow!ties unless he has executed and delivered a bond to the State Treasurer, or rieposited securities in lien thereof,_ and has received a lieen,e from the Commissioner of Banks authorizing him to carryon such business; that any money which in case of breach of bond shall be paid by the licensee or surety thereon, or tie eecueities deposited in lien thereof, shall constitute a tr .st fund for the benefit of depositors; that the license shall be revocable by the Com- :nissioner of banks for cause shown; that the money de- posited with licensees for safe keopiag shall be invested in the manner prescribed by the 4.t; and that the violation of any provision of the Act sha11'.ie punished in the manner herein prescribed which law wa, approved by both branch- es of the General Court by votes not recorded and was ap- proved by His Excellency the Governor, be approved? Prec. I. Prec. II. Total Yes • No Blanks Yes 287 943 1230 No 90 221 311 Blanks 281 843 1124 Referendum No. 6 Shall daylight saving be retained by law in Massachu- setts? Proc. I. Prec.• II. Total Yes 302 1018 1320 No 216 642 858 Blanks 140 347 487 Referendum No. 7 Is it desirable that the general court ratify the follow- ing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States:—"Section 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen