Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to the questions set forth in an order adopted by the Senate on June 7, 1945, and transmitted to the Justices on June 8, 1945. Copy of the order is hereto annexed.

The questions submitted arise out of facts stated in the order and summarized as follows: An initiative petition for a law (printed as House, No. 473) was introduced into the General Court. The House of Representatives enacted said proposed law on Tuesday, June 5, 1945, by a vote taken by yeas…