The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-11-04
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A WENDA ENT TIC
THE CONSTITUTION.

shall an amendment to the constitu-
ton to provide for Fair. Concise
Summary, instead Of Description, OF
Each Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution and Each Law submitted
TO the people, under the Initiative and
the Referendum, and Certain Changes
relative to the Filing Of Initiative
Petitions which is further described
a s follows:--
This amendment amends Article
XLVIIT of the Amendments to the
Constitution by striking out section
three under the heading "The Initia-
tive' II. Initiative Petitions" and
inserting in place thereof a new
section which provides
That an Initiative petition for a
constitutional amendment or a law
| shall first be signed by ten qualified
voters Of the Commonwealth and shall
be submitted to the Attorney General
not later than the first Wednesday of
the August before, the assembling of
the General Court into which ii is to
be introduced, 1t may be filed with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
II the Attorney General shaU certify
that the measure and its title are In
proper form and that it is not, affir-
matively or negatively. substantially
the same rs any measure which has
been qualified for submission or sub
mitted to the people at either Of the
two preceding biennial state elections,
and that il contains only subjects not
excluded from the popular initiative
and which are related or which are
mutually dependent.
The Secretary shall provide blanks
for the use of subsequent signars. He
shall print at the top Of each blank
fair, concise summary Of the proposed
measure. IS determined by the Attor-
ney General as it viii appear upon the
ballot, together with the names and
residences of the first ten st@ners. All
such petitions. with the first ten
signatures attached, shall be filed with
the Secretary not earlier than the
first Wednesday OF the Sentember
before the assembling of the Iegisla-
ture into which they are to be intro
duced. and the remainder of the re-
quired signatures shNu be filed not
later than the first Wednesday Of the
following December
Section 3 of that part of said Article
| NLNTU under the heading. "The Re
ferendum. III. Referendum Petit
tons" is also amended by striking
out the second sentence of such sec
provisions that the Secretary shall
erovide blanks for the use OF signers
/ Of referendum petition on law
! requesting that the oaeration Of such
law be suspended subsequent To the
! first ten signers and shall print at
| the top Of each blank fair, concise
/ summary of the proposed law as de-
| termined by the Attorney General as
! it viii appear upon the ballot. to-
/ gether with the names and residences
| OF the first ten signers.
! Section OF that part Of said Arti-
Gle XLVIIT under the heading THE
| Referendum. III. Referendum Petit
! tions.", is also amended by striking
out the third sentence Of such sec
! tion and inserting in place thereof
provisions that the Secretary shall
| provide blanks for the use of signers
! subsequent to the first ten sierers of
a referendum petition askinc for the
| repeal of an emergency law or of
law which takes effect because the
| referendum petition do not contain
a request for suspension and shall
print at the top Of each blank fair,
! concise summary of the proposed law
| as such summary will anpaav on the
ballot together with TIE nnn-s and
| residences Of the first ten signars.
! Article XLVIIT is further nmerded
by striking out subj eadip~ "T1T Form
OF Ballot and subNeadin@ "TV. In
! formation for voters under the
heading General Proris'6re'' md in
serting in place thereof new subhead =
| ings III and ". which provide, res
pectiveIy:
III. FORM OF BALLOT.
/ A fair, concise summary OF each
proposed amendment to the Congtitu-
| ton and each law submitted 10 the
people, as determined by the Attorney
/ General shall be printed on the ballot
! The Secretary shall give each dues-
! ton a number and cause such cues
ton, except as otherwise authorized
in said article of amendment. to be
printed on the ballot in the fol-
lowing form:
In the case OF an amendment to the
constitution: Do yen approve of the
adoption of an am endmeRt to the con-
stitution summarized below (here
state. in distinctive type, whether
approved or disspnrov,d bv the gem
eral court, and b. what vote tn reon)?
Yes.-No
(Set forth summary here)
Tn the case of a law: Do you ap-
prove OF a law summarized below,
there state, in distinctive type, whe-
Their approved or disapproved by the
general court, and by what vote
thereon? Yes.-No.