Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-03-07
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 nE ARK kANSAS

1 lowing joint resolution, proposing an i amendment to the State Constitution, was passed by the General Assembly at it's regular session of 1913, and that l the same will be submitted to the l electors of the state at the next gen. eral election, to be held Monday, Sep tember 14th, 1914, for adoption or re- l jection.
 Proposed Amendment NO. 16.
 That the following is hereby pro- posed as an amendment to the Con stitution 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 1 for Senators and Representatives, if majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, | to-wit:
 That Section No. + of Article } of the Constitution of the State Of i Arkansas be amended so as to read as i follows:
 Executive Department.
 Section 1. To amend Section 1 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas to read as follows: 1 The Executive Department of this State shall consist of Governor, Lieu tenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General (6. all of whom shall keep their offices in person at the seat of government and hold their | nffiGnc of and until their successors are elected and qualified. And the General Assembly may provide by law for the establish ment of the office of Commissioner of State Lands.
 Executive Power. Section g. The Executive power shall be vested in a Governor, who shall hold office for two years; Lieu tenant Governor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. Il The Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected next preced- ing election the time when this sec tion shall take effect, shall hold office until and including the second Mon- day of September, and their success sors shall be chosen at the general election in that year.
 Election of Governor and Lieutenant
 Governor.
 Section g. The Governor and Lieu tenant-Governor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly. The per sons respectively having the highest number of votes for Governor and Lieu 1 t-G bo1 hn o1ooto6 h,1t 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 Leg islature 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 of votes | for Governor and Cover nor.
 When Lieutenant- Governor to Act as Governor.
 Section 4. In case of the impeach- ment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to dis | charge the powers and duties of the said office, resignation, or absence | from the state, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant for the residue of | the term, or until the disability shall | cease But when the Governor shall i with the consent of the Legislature be out of the State, in time of war, at l the head of a military force thereof l he shall continue cOmmander-in- lief of all the military force of the State | Qualification and Duties of Lieuten-
 ant.G0yernOr; Succession to the GOyernOrship.
 Section ). The LieutenantGov shall possess the same qualifications of eligibility for the office as the Gov erncr. He shall be president of the Senate, but shall have only a casting vote therein in case of a tie vote. If during a vacancy of the office of Gov ernor. the Lieutenant-Governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shal cease; and if the President of the Sen ate for any of the above causes shall become incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of Gov ernor, the Speaker of the Assembly shall act as Governor until the vacan- cy be filled or the disability shall cease.
 Salary of Lieutenant Governor. Section 6. The Lieutenant Governor shall receive for his services an an nual salary of Two Thousand Dol lars. and shall not receive or be en- titled to any other compensation, fee or requisite, for any duty or service he may be required to perform by | the Constitution or by law. Section z. 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 Mon. day in September, 1915.
 The above resolution was filed ir the office of the Secretary of State or March 6, 1913.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment
 Witness my official signature this | 18th day of February, 1914