Articles of Amendment

Article LXXII.

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Article LXXII of the amendments to the constitution providing for biennial sessions of the general court and a biennial budget is hereby annulled, and all provisions of this constitution and of the amendments thereto which were annulled or affected by said Article shall have the same force and effect as though said Article had not been adopted.

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1788 Part the Second. Article I

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1788 Part the Second. Article III

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1788 Part the Second. Article V

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1918 Article LXIII

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1918 Article LXIV

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1938 Article LXXII

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Section 1. The general court shall assemble in regular session on the first Wednesday of January in the year following the approval of this article and biennially on said Wednesday thereafter. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the general court from assembling at such other times as they shall judge necessary or when called together by the governor."

Section 2. The budget required by Section 2 of Article LXIII of the amendments to the constitution shall be for the year in which the same is adopted and for the ensuing year."

Section 3. All provisions of this constitution and of the amendments thereto requiring the general court to meet annually are hereby annulled."

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1788 Part the Second. Article I

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1788 Part the Second. Article III

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1788 Part the Second. Article V

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1831 Article X

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1918 Article LXIII

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1918 Article LXIV

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