1922 Nov 7 :: State of Massachusetts :: Referendum :: Shall a law(Chapter 4 8 of the Acts of 1921) which provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit or display publicly in this Commonwealth any motion picture film unless such film has been submitted to and approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety, who may, subject to the appeal given by the act, disapprove any film or part thereof which is obscene, indecent, immoral, inhuman or tends to debase or corrupt morals or incite to crime, and may, subject to the approval of the Governor and Council, make rules and regulations for the enforcement of the act, which law was passed in the House of Representatives by a majority not recorded and in the Senate by 21 votes in affirmative to 16 votes in the negative, and was approved by His Excellency the Governor, be approved?

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Ballot Question Results

Ward	Yes	No	Total Votes Cast	Blank Votes	Total Ballots Cast
Totals	5,605	13,375	18,980	2,707	21,687
1 Less «	484	1,527	2,011	380	2,391
Precinct 1	234	670	904	159	1,063
Precinct 2	162	442	604	91	695
Precinct 3	76	249	325	62	387
Precinct 4	12	166	178	68	246
2 Less «	244	1,266	1,510	354	1,864
Precinct 1	40	269	309	88	397
Precinct 2	154	704	858	187	1,045
Precinct 3	50	293	343	79	422
3 Less «	609	1,469	2,078	289	2,367
Precinct 1	319	792	1,111	134	1,245
Precinct 2	290	677	967	155	1,122
4 Less «	490	1,406	1,896	280	2,176
Precinct 1	249	739	988	144	1,132
Precinct 2	241	667	908	136	1,044
5 Less «	910	2,120	3,030	395	3,425
Precinct 1	448	865	1,313	134	1,447
Precinct 2	303	616	919	113	1,032
Precinct 3	159	639	798	148	946
6 Less «	1,008	2,362	3,370	450	3,820
Precinct 1	206	602	808	106	914
Precinct 2	214	504	718	114	832
Precinct 3	263	519	782	93	875
Precinct 4	325	737	1,062	137	1,199
7 Less «	1,860	3,225	5,085	559	5,644
Precinct 1	428	622	1,050	134	1,184
Precinct 2	480	659	1,139	114	1,253
Precinct 3	419	746	1,165	154	1,319
Precinct 4	293	680	973	89	1,062
Precinct 5	240	518	758	68	826
Totals	5,605	13,375	18,980	2,707	21,687