SENATE, No. 10

By Mr. Moore (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 10) of Ross J. Rajotte for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to method of electing the Lieutenant-Governor and Governor. Election Laws.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Five.

PROPOSAL FOR A LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ELECTING THE LT. GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNOR SEPARATELY

A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of General Court and approved by the people at the state next following]:

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.

Article LXXXVI of the state constitution is hereby repealed.