1950-11-07-STATE-ELECTION-WARRANT

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WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington. Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in the Adams School, 'East Lexington (Precinct One) and Cary MemorialLexingtonCenter (Precincts Two, Three and Four), on TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1950 at 8:00 A. M., to cast their ballots for the following officers : Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Representative in Congress; Councillor; Senator; Representative in General Court (1, 2 or 3 ); District Attorney; County Commissioner; Sheriff. QUESTION NO. 1 Do 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 June 9, 1947, received 244 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a YES joint session of the two branches held June 8, 1949, re- ceived 242 votes in the affirmative and 7 in the negative; NO SUMMARY This proposed amendment of the Constitution provides for the, tite when the respective terms of office of the governor, lieutenant-governor and councillors shall begin and the time when their respective terms shall end. It also makes provision relative to the succession to the office of governor in the event of the death of the governor elect be- fore qualification for the office of governor; and it further makes provision relative to the succession to the office of governor in the event of the death of both the governor elect and the lieutenant- governor elect before qualification for their respective officer. QUESTION NO. 2 Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the con- stitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 4, 1948, received 154 votes in the affirmative and 44 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 8, 1949, received 160 votes in the affirmative and 93 in the negative? YES NO SUMMARY This proposed amendment to the Constitution provides for an in- crease in the number of signatures of qualified voters required upon an initiative or upon a referendum petition, and it further makes pro- vision for changes in legislative procedures thereon with reference to dates upon, or within which, acts shall be done in the various stages necessary to be taken upon such petitions.