Biennial sessions and biennial budget
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[Section 1. The 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 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 to meet annually are hereby annulled."]
Note (Massachusetts Legislature): [Annulled by Amendments, Art. LXXV.]
Simplified explanation
Annulled: It had the general court assemble in regular session biennially, made the budget cover two years, and annulled provisions requiring the general court to meet annually. A note says it was annulled by Amendments, Art. LXXV.