Amending the constitution through the general court
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[If, at any time hereafter, any specific and particular amendment or amendments to the constitution be proposed in the , and agreed to by a majority of the senators and two thirds of the members of the house of representatives present and voting thereon, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on the journals of the two houses, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the then next to be chosen, and shall be published; and if, in the next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of the senators and two thirds of the members of the house of representatives present and voting thereon; then it shall be the duty of the to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people: and if they shall be approved and ratified by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, at meetings legally warned and holden for that purpose, they shall become part of the constitution of this commonwealth.] .
Note (Massachusetts Legislature): [Annulled by Amendments, Art. XLVIII, General Provisions, VIII]
Simplified explanation
Annulled: It let amendments agreed to by a majority of senators and two thirds of representatives in two successive general courts be submitted to the people, becoming part of the constitution if ratified by a majority of qualified voters voting. A note says Amendments, Art. XLVIII annulled it.