University at Cambridge,

U.

V.

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Vacancy in office of governor, powers to be exercised by lieutenant-
governor,
Vacancy in offices of governor and lieutenant-governor, powers
to be exercised by the council, .

Vacancy in the council, to be filled by the election of a resident of
the district by concurrent vote of the senate and house;
if legislature is not in session, to be filled by governor
with advice of the council,

Vacancy in the senate, to be filled by election by the people upon the order of a majority of senators elected,

Vacancy in office of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-
general, caused by decease of person elected, or failure
to elect, filled by joint ballot of legislature from the two
persons having highest number of votes at November
election,

occurring during session of legislature, filled by joint ballot
of legislature from people at large, .

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occurring when legislature is not in session, to be filled by governor, by appointment, with advice of council, Vacancy in militia office, filled by governor and council, if electors neglect or refuse to make election,

Valuation of estates, to be taken anew once in every ten years at least,

Veto power of the governor,

Voters, qualifications of, at elections for governor, lieutenant-gov

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21, 22

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ernor, senators and representatives, . 13, 17, 34, 44, 46, 47, 48 not disqualified on account of non-payment of poll tax if they have served in the army or navy in time of war, etc., male citizens, twenty-one years of age, who have resided in the state one year, and within the town or district six months, who have paid a state or county tax within two years next preceding the election of state officers, and such as are exempted by law from taxation, but in other respects qualified, and who can write their names and read the constitution in the English language,

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the basis upon which the apportionment of representatives
to the several counties is made,

basis of apportionment of senators,

census of, to be taken in 1865, and every tenth year after,

W.

Worship, public, the right and duty of all men,
Writ of habeas corpus, to be enjoyed in the most free, easy, cheap
and expeditious manner, and not to be suspended by
legislature, except for a limited time,

Writing and reading, necessary qualifications for voting, or hold-
ing office,

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Writs, to be issued in the name of the commonwealth under the seal of the court, bear test of the first justice, and be signed by the clerk,

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Y.

Year, political, begins on the first Wednesday of January,.

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ACTS AND RESOLVES

OF

MASSACHUSETTS.

1902.

The General Court of the year nineteen hundred and two assembled on Wednesday, the first day of January. The oaths of office were taken and subscribed by His Excellency W. MURRAY CRANE and His Honor JOHN L. BATES on Thursday, the second day of January, in the presence of the two Houses assembled in convention.