Part the Second.

The Frame of Government

Article VIII.

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Article LII of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution is hereby annulled and the following is adopted in place thereof:-

Article LII. The General Court, by concurrent vote of the two houses, may take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than thirty days.

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1788 — Part the Second. Article VI

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1788 — Part the Second. Article VIII

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1917 — Article XLVI

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The house of representatives shall have power to adjourn themselves; provided such adjournment shall not exceed two days at a time.

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