The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-12
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARKANcAG

VT Af1NHiNSASs
 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 its regular session of 1913, and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election 10 be held Monday, September l4th, 1914, for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment Mo- te.
 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 same shall become n part of the Constitution of the state of Arkansas, to-wit:
 Executive Department.
 That Section No. Y of Article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Arl<an- saS be amended so as to read as follows. Section l. To amend Section 1 of Ar ticle of the Constitution of the State oC Arkansas to read as follows: The Ex- ecutlve Department of this State shall 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
 
 are elected and qualified. And the Gen. eral Assembly may provide by law for the establishment of the office of Com missioner of State Lands
 Executive Power.
 Section 2. The Executive power shan be vested in q Governor, who shall hold office for two years; a Lieutenant Gov- ernor shall be chosen at the same time. and for the same term. The Governor preceding election the time when this section shall take effect, shall hold office until and including the second Monday or September and their successors shall 1 De chosen at the general election in that year.
 Election of Governor and Lleutenant- Governor.
 Section 3. The Governor and Iieuten- ant-Governor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of me Assembly. The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for GoYernor 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 or the Legisla- ture 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 Lieutenant Governor.
 When Lieutenant Governor to Act as
 Governor.
 section 1. In case of the impeachment or the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharpe inc powers and duties of the said office. resignation, or absence from the State tiie powers and duties c; the office sha,i deVolVe upon the ieutenant- Governor Tor the residue of the term or until tn, disability shall cease. But when the I governor shall with the consent of the Legislature, be out of the State fin time or war. at the head of a military force thereof he shall continue commander in- chief of all the military force of thc State.
 Qualification and Duties of Lieutenant.
 Governors Succession to the Gov
 ernorship.
 Section 5. The Lieutenant Governor snail possess the same qualifications Of eligibility for the office as the Governor He shall be president of the Senate, but shall nave only casting vote therein In case of fife vote. If during n va cancy of the office of Governor. the Lieu tenant-Governor shall be impeached dis. placed resign, die, or become incapable 9t performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the Presl- dent Of the Sena4e 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 of performing the duties pertaining to the l office of Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly shall act as Governor until the | f"Sai4ty bS inltu or iUb ulSdhlllly small l cease
 Salary of Lieutenant 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 prequisite, for | any duty or service he may he 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 l 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 l the above amendment Witness my official signature this lDh ! day Of February. 1914.
 EARLE w. HODGES, (SeaD Secretary of State.
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