Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-23

.. ;+s raoular session of 1913, and that tbo came will be submitted to the electors of the state at the next gen. ora1 election. to be held Monday, Sep tember 14th. 1914, for adoption or re- jection. 10
 urbot inc following is hereby pro- nosed as an amendment 10 the Con- stitrtion of the State Qf Arkahsas' and the same being submitted to the electors of the state for approVai UT roiection at the next general electloh for Senators and Representatives, II d r,aioritv of the electors voting at snch election adopt such amendment the same shall become a part oI the Constitution of the State ot AfKansas' to-wit: ,. That Section No. IT of Article 3 of the Constitution of the otate ol Arkansas be amended so as 10 reau as follows:
 Executive Department.
 Section 1. To amend section l ol Article of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas to read as follows: The Executive Department or thls State shall consist of 9 Governor, Lieu tnnant- Governor, Secretary of state | Treasurer of State Auditor of state and Attorney General (O, all of whom shall keep their offices in person al the seat of government and hold thell offices for the term of two years ana until their successors are elected anu qualified. And the General Assembly may provide by law for the estaDllsh- ment of the offices of Commissioner of State Lands.
 Executive Power.
 Section ?. The Executive power shall be vested in Governor, "he shall hold office for two years; 1 Lieutenant Governor shall be choseA at the same time, and for the same term The Governor and Lieutenant l Governor elected next preceding election the time when this sectlor 1 shall take effect, shall hold office until and including the second Mon- day of September, and their success sors shall be chosen at the genera election in that year.
 Election of Governor and Lieutenant
 Governor.
 Section 8. The Governor and Lieu tenant-Governor shall be elected a the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly. The per sons respectively having the highes number of votes for Governor and Lieu tenant Governor shall be elected, bu in case two or more shall have al equal and the highest number O votes for Governor, or for Lieutenant
 Governor, the two Houses of the Leg islature at it's next annual session shall forthwith, by joint ballot, chuos one of the said persons so having al : equal and the highest number of vote for Governor and Lieutenant-G Cover nor.
 r When Lieutenant-G Governor to Act a! ] Governor.
 Section f. In case of the impeach ment of the Governor, or his remova l. from office death, inability to dis | charge the powers and duties of th 5 said office, resignation, or absenc from the state, the powers and dutie of the office shall devolye upon tn s Lieutenant-Gove for the residue o
 the term, or until the disability shal l cease. But when the Governor shal ,. with the consent of the Legislature n be out of the State, in time of war, a a the head of military force thereof he shall continue commander-in-ch chic Il of all the military force of the, Stat Qualification and Duties of Lieuten
 ant-GOvernOr; Succession to the
 Goyern0rship.
 Section ,. fife Lieutenant -Governo
 shall possess the same qualification
 of eligibility for the office as the Gov r ernor. He shall be president of tn l Senate, but shall have only a castin y vote therein in case of tie vote. l : during vacancy of the office of Gov e ernor, the Lieutenant-Gove shal = be inpeached, displaced, resign, dit
 or become incapable of performin
 the duties of his office, or be absen from the State, the President of tn
 Senate shall act as Governor until tn . vacancy be filled or the disability shal l. cease: and if the President of the Sen
 ate for any of the above causes sha :. become incapable of performing tn . duties pertaining to the office of Gov
 ernor, the Speaker of the Assembl | shall act as GOvernor until tho vooor