The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-23
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OE ARkANSAS


 Notice is hereby given that the follow | Ing joint resolution, proposing an amend ment to the State Constitution, was passed by the General Assembly at it's same will be submitted to the electors of | the State at the next general election, to be held Monday. September 14tb, 1914. for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment Mo- 16.
 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 a 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, to-w1v:
 Executive Department.
 That Section No. r of Article : of the Constitution of the State of Arkan- sas be amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. TO amend Section l of Ar ticle of the Constitution of the state Of Arkansas to read as follows: The EX- consist of a Governor, Lieutenant-GoV- 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 TOT the establishment of the office of Com , missioner of State Lands
 Executive Power.
 Section 9. The Executive power shah be vested in a Governor, who shall hold office for two years; Lieutenant Gov! Coy ernor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The Governor and Licutenant- Governor elected next preceding election the time when thls [ ,Yr 4.Ir -1,Tf IAlA of Q 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 S. The Governor and Lieuten- ant-Goveruor shall be elected at the 1 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 is next annual session shall l forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one If
 the said persons so haviug an equal and | the highest number ot votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
 | When Lieutenant Governor to Act as Governor.
 Section i, 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. l the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant-GoVernor for the residue of the term, or until tho | 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 a military Iorce thereof he shall continue commander-in- of all State
 Qualification and Duties of LIeutenant-
 Governor; Succession to the Gov ernorshp. Section 5 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 untn 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 1 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 LleuteE Eant Governor.
 Section 6. The Lieutenant 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 prequislte, for any duty or service he may be required to perform by the Constitution or by law. 1
 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 l 6, 1913. ,.
 Each eector may vote for or against the above amendment
 Witness my official signature thls l9th day of February, 1914.
 EARLE W. HODGES,
 (SeaD Se1ret=ss 0t state