The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-17
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARKANSAS


 Notce Is hereby given that tho follow ing joint resolution, proposing an amend ment @ to the State Constitution. was regular session of 1913, and that inc same will be submitted to the electors of .he State at the next general election 70 De held Monday, September I4tb, 1914, TOT adoption or rejection
 Proposed Amendmen No 16
 Ihat the following Is hereby proposed as en amendment to the Consultation of me State of Arkansas, and the same being submitted to the electors of inc State for approval or rejection at the next general election for Senators and representatives, If majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, uo-wir;
 Executive Department.
 That Section No F of Article n, the Constitution of the State of Arkan- sas be amended so as to read as follows: Section l. To amend Section 1 of Ar tcle of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas to read as follows: The Ex- ecutive Department of this State shall consist of Governor Lieutenant-Gov- State, Auditor of State and Attorney General (d), all of whom shall keep their oftlces in person at the seat of govern ment and hold their offices for the term or two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. And the Gen. eral Assembly may provide by law for me establishment of the office of Com missioner Of State Lands
 Executive Power
 section ,. The Executive power shah De vested In 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 Lteutenant-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 year.
 Election of Governor and Lieutenant.
 Governor.
 Section B. 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 nave an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor. or for Lieutenant Governor, the two Houses of the Legisla- ture at It's next annual session shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of the said persons so having an equal and the highest number or vores for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. when Lieutenant Governor to Act as
 Governor.
 Section {. In case of the impeachment Of the Governor, or his removal from
  powers and duties of the saA1 office resignat ton, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Leutenant- Governor for the residue of the term. or untll ths disability shall 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 colNmander-in- chief of all the military f>rce of the State.
 Qualification snd Duties of Lieutenant
 Governor; Succession to the Gov ernorship.
 Section g. The Lieutenant Governor shall possess the same qualifications of eligibility for the office as the Governor. He shall be president of the Senate, but shall have only casting vote therein fin case of a tie vote. If during va cancy of the office of Governor, the Lieu tenant Governor shall be impeached. dis placed, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State. the Presi- dent of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease: and if the President of the Senate for any of the 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 Lleutensnt. Governor. section o. The IleuttndHt-NoNetHVI 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 preqtiisite, for any duty CT service he may be required to perform by the Constitution or by law. Section 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.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this 18th day of February, 1914
 EARLE w HODGES.
 (SeaD seer~.=ry of State.