The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-25
LEGAL NOTICES

the State at the next general election, to be held Monday. September 14tL. 1914, for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment No. 16.
 That the following is hereby proposed as en amendment to the Consultation of the State of Arkansas, and the same being submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection at the next general election for Senators and Representatives, if a majority uf the such amendment the same shall become a part of the Constitution of the State Of Arkansas, uo-wfr:
 Executive department.
 That Section No. Y of Article g of the Constitution of the State of Arkan- sas be amended so as to read as follows:
 Section l. To amend Section l Of Ar ticle 6 of the Constitution of the state of Arkansas to read as follows: The EX- ecutive Department of this State shall ernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General (d), all of whom shall keep their offices in person at the seat of govern ment and hold their offices for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. And the Gen. eral Assembly may provide by law Tor the establishment of the office of Com missioner of State Lands
 Executive Power.
 Gs be vested in a Governor, who shall hold office for two years, a Lieutenant-Gov- ernor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The Governor and Lieutenant- Governor elected next preceding election the time when this section shall take effect. shall hold office until and including the second Monday of September, and their successors shall be chosen at the general election in that year
 Election Of Governor and Lieutenant
 Governor.
 Section 3. The Governor and Iieuten- ant-Governor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly. The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant- Governor shall be elected, but In case two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor, or for Lieutenant Governor, the two Houses of the Legisla- ture at its next annual session shall forthwith, by joint ballot. choose one of the said persons so having an equal and the highest number Of votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
 When Lieutenant Governor to Act as
 Governor
 Section 4. In case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shah deVolye upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term. or until ths disability shah cease. But when the Governor shall, with the consent of the Legislature, be out of the state in time of war, at the head of military force thereof he shall continue commander inc chief of all the military force of the State.
 Qualification and Duties of Lieutenant- Governor; Succession to the Gov | ernorshp.
 Section s. The Lieutenant Governor l shall possess the same qualifications of | eligibility for the office as the Governor. ! He shall be president of the Senate, but l shall have only a casting vote therein 1 in case Of tie vote, If during q va . l cancy of the office of Governor the Lieu | placed, resign, die, or become incapable l of performing the duties of his office, or | be absent from the State. the Presi- 1 dent of the Senate shall act as Governor unti the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease; and if the President of the Senate for any of tho | above causes shall become incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of Governor. the Speaker of the Assembly shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease.
 Salary of Lieutenant Governor. Section G. The Iieutenant- Governor shall receive for his services an annual salary of Two Thousand Dollars, and shall not receive or be entitled to any other compensation. fee or prequisite. for any duty or service he may be required to perform by the Constitution or by law. Section 2 That all laws and parts of laws that are in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the second Monday in September, 1915.
 The above resolution was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 6, 1913.
 the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this 18th day of February 1914.
 EARLE w HODGES,
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