1922-11-07-STATE-ELECTION-WARRANT

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WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX,SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In thename of the Commonwealth you are hereby ,required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington who are qualified to vote in elections to meet in EMERSON HALL, STONE BUILDING, EAST LEXINGTON (Precinct i ) and in TOWN HALL, LEXINGTON MITRE, (Precinct II ) , on TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1922, AT SIX O'CLOCK A. M. , to cast their ballots for the following officers: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Congressman; Councillor; Senator; Representative in General Court; County Commissioner; Associate County Commissioners; District Attorney; Clerk of the Courts; Register of Deeds and County Treasurer ( to fill vacancy) . Also to bring in their votes on the following questions: Referendum Question No. 1. "Proposed Amendment to the Constitution." Article of Amend- ment. Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution is hereby amended by striking out, in that part entitled "II. Emergency Measures" , under the heading "The Referendum" , the words "A separate vote shall be taken on the preamble by call of the yeas and nays, which shall be recorded, and unless the preamble is adopted by two-thirds of the members of each House voting thereon, the law shall not be an emergency law; but" and substi- tuting the following: _• A separate vote, which shall be recorded, shall be taken on the preamble, and unless the preamble is adopted by two-thirds of the members of each House voting thereon, the law shall not be an emergency law. Upon the request of two members of the Senate or of five members of the House of Representative©, the vote on the preamble in such branch shall be taken by call of