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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARKANSAS

NoJce IS hefepy gwen tnat the toiloW- ing joint resolution. proposing an amend ment to the State Constitution, was passed by the General Assembly at its regular session of 1913, and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election to be held Monday September 14tt. 1914. for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment No. t6.
 That the following is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution 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 majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the samc shall become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, uo-w1r:
 Executive Department.
 That Section No. 17 of Article 5 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 of the Constitution of the State ot Arkansas 10 read as follows; The EX- ecutive Department of this State shall consist of a Governor Lieutenant-doV- ernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of state Auditor of State and Attorney General (d), all of whom shall keep thelr offices in person at the seat Of govern ment and hold their offices Tor the term of two years and until their successors
  eral Assembly may provide by law Tor the establishment of the office of Com missioner of State Lands
 Executive Power.
 Section 2. The Executive power shah be vested in a Governor, who shall mold office for two years; a Lieutenant-Gov- ernor shall be chosen at the same tune, and for the same term. The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elected next preceding election the time when this I,o1f al hold office until and including the second Monday of September and their successors shall be chosen at the general election Tn that year.
 Election of Governor and Lieutenant
 Governor.
 Section B. The Governor ard Lieuten- 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 TOT 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 is next annual seSSlon silall forthwith, by joint ballot. choose one of the said persons so having an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor and Licutenant-Governor
 When Llcutenant- Governor to Act az
 Governor.
 Section {. In case of the Impeachment of the Governor, or his removal rom office. death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office resignation, or absence from the Stale; the powers and duties of the office small devolve upon the Governor for the residue of the term. or until tho disability shall cease. But when the Governor shall, with the consent or the Legislature, he out of the state in time of war; at the head of military lotce ba chief of all the military force or the State.
 Qualification and Duties of Lieutenant
 Governor; Succession to the Gov
 ernorship.
 Section B. 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 a casting vote therein in case Of a tie vote If during a va cancy of the office of Governor, the Lieu tenant Governor shall be impeacned, 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 tho above causes shall become incapable or performing the duties pertaining to the office of Governor, the Speaker Of the { vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease.
 Salary Of Lieutenant Governor.
 Section G. The Lleutenant- 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 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. sn .h
 The above resolution was filed in the office oi the Secretary of State on March
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment, ,o,,
 Witness my official signature this l9th N"' 'i EARLE w HODGES,
 fSeoD Secretary of State.