The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-12
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THF CONS TUITION OF THE STATE
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GOiNC ] U ' ION OF THE
 OF ARKANSAS
 Notice Is hereby given that the follow Ing JolHt resolution, proposing am amend ment to the State Constitution ,v1s passed by the General Assembly at ug regular session of 1g13 and thai tha same will be submitted to the electors or the State at the next general election. to be held Monday, September l4tf. 1911. Tor adoption or rejection
 Proposed Amendment No. f6.
 That the following s hereby propoeod as an amendment to the Constitution of the stat" of Arkansas, and the sumo being submitted to the electors of inc State for approval or rejection 1t th, next general election for Senators and Representatives, if majority ur the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the samc shall become part of tue Constitution of the State of Arkansas, to-wIp:
 Executive pepartmen5.
 ihat Seetion No. Y of Article 5 of the Constitution of the state Of Arlau- Sas be- amended SO as ta read ns follows. Section TO amend Section of Hr- ticle of the Constitution of thr State oS Arkansas to read as follows. The EN- ecutive Department of this Stotn shall consist of Governor Lieutenant Cove ernor, Secretary of State. Trea-I"er of State. Auditor of State and Attorney General (d), li of whom shall keep their offices in person at the seat of govern- meut and hold their off ,ee rar tsp term of two years and uutl their successors are elected and qualified And inc Gen- eral Assembly may pro de hN law for the establishment of the office Of Com missioner Of State Lands
 Executive Power.
 Section 2. The Executive power shan be vested i'm Governor. who shall hold office for two years; a Lieutenant Gov- ernOr shall hp chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The Governor and Lieutenaut-G Governor elected next preceding election the time when this section shail take effect sh1ll hold office 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 2. The Governor ard Lieuten- ant-Govrrnor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly The persons respectively having the highest number of votes Tor Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected but in case two or more shall have mn equal and the highest number ot votes for Governor or for id'utenant- Governor the two Houses of the IeRisla ure at ifs next annual session shall forthwith. by joint ballot. choose one of inc said persons so having an equal and thc highest number of votes for Governor and Iieutenaut-Goveru
 When Lieutenant Governor to Act as
 Governor
 .. Of the Governor, or his removal From office. death inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, eSignati ion, or absence from inc State, tho powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Ileutenant-Go Governor for tho residue of the term. or uuOl thN disability shall cease. But when ihe Governor shal with the consent of the Legislature he out of the state in time of war, at the head of a military force thereof he shall continue commander lu- chief of all the military force of the State
 Qualification and Duties Of Lieutenant-
 Governor Succession to the Gov
 ernorshlp
 Section D. 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 in ease Of tie vote. If during 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 prcsl- dent of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease, and if the President cf the Senate for any of tho 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 flllcd or the ulSAhllly shdll cease.
 Salary Of LIeuter ant Governor.
 Section G. The TIeutenant- Governor shall receive for his services an annual salary of Two Thousand Dollars, and shall not receive or be entitlei to any other compensation fee OF preWdsite, for any duiy or service he mav be required to perform by the Constitution nr by law. Section That all laws and parts uf laws that are In conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. and that this Act shah 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.
 (SenD seo"~.--y of State.