Opinion of the Justices

To His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council:

The undersigned justices of the supreme court return the following reply to the questions contained in your resolution filed in the supreme court on March 31,1977.

Your questions are as follows:

1. Were the provisions of the 1976 Referendum to Amend Article 33 of the Second Part of the New Hampshire Constitution effective in changing the date for summoning persons chosen Senators from 14 days prior to the first Wednesday of December to 14 days prior to the first Wednesday of January and, in specifying that same date for summoning persons…