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Also provided that no person may be imprisoned or brought to trial without an indictment by a [[Grand jury|Grand Jury]].
{{Referendum
{| class="wikitable"
|+title = To abolish support, by the towns, of protestant ministers and required attendance upon the instructions of the clergy
|yes = 11,065▼
!Result
|yespct = 36.15
!For
|'''no = 19,547'''▼
!Against
|nopct = 63.85
!Total
|total = 30,612▼
|-
|}}▼
|Rejected
▲|11,065
▲|'''19,547'''
▲|30,612
▲|}
 
=== Second Article ===
Moved the start of the political year from the first Wednesday of May to the first Wednesday of January. All elected officials would start their yearly term starting on that date in January. The article also moved the date of the yearly state election to the second Monday of November from the first Monday of April.
{{Referendum
{| class="wikitable"
|+title = To change the political year and date of state election
|yes = 14,164▼
!Result
|yespct = 45.85
!For
|'''no = 16,728'''▼
!Against
|nopct = 54.15
!Total
|total = 30,892▼
|-
|}}▼
|Rejected
▲|14,164
▲|'''16,728'''
▲|30,892
▲|}
 
=== Third Article ===
Provided that if the [[Massachusetts General Court|General Court]] adjourned before the deadline the [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]] had to return a [[Veto|rejected bill]], then the law would not be passed.
 
{| class="wikitable"
{{Referendum
|+title = To forbid bills unsigned after adjournment of General Court to become laws
!Result
|'''yes = 17,949'''▼
!For
|yespct = 63.63
!Against
|no = 10,709▼
!Total
|nopct = 37.37
|-
|total = 28,658▼
|Accepted
|}}▼
▲|'''17,949'''
▲|10,709
▲|28,658
▲|}
 
=== Fourth Article ===
Allowed the state to establish city forms of government for towns over 12,000 inhabitants. It provided for the legislature to draft laws to allow these cities to have different forms of governance than the traditional [[town meeting]].
 
{{Referendum
|title = To empower the legislature to grant city charters.
|yes = 14,368
|yespct = 50.11
|no = 14,306
|nopct = 49.89
|total = 28,674
}}
 
=== Fifth Article ===
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Reduced the number of members of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Governor's Council]] from nine to seven and set their quorum. It provided that the General Court shall elect them by joint ballot from among the people at large, instead of from the members of the legislature as it had been before.
 
{{Referendum
|title = To Change Method of electing Senators, Representatives, and Councillors
|yes = 9,904
|yes% = 32.33
|no = 20,729
|no% = 67.67
|total = 30,633
}}
 
=== Sixth Article ===
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==Works cited==
 
*{{cite journal|journal=The Dedham Historical Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71jx-jqFFV8C&pg=RA1-PA80|accessdate=August 13, 2019|year=1896|title=Report of the Curators|publisher=Dedham Historical Society|first=Erastus|last=Worthington}}
 
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