The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-01
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TAEI
 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE


 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 regular session of 1913, and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election, to be held Monday September l4th. 1914. for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment No. 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 shah become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, uo-wiS:
 Executive Uepartment.
 That Section No. 17 of Article of the Constitution of the State of Arkan- sas be amended so as to read as follows:
 Section l. To amend Section l of Ar ticle 6 of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas to read as follows: The Ex. ecutive Department of this State shall ernor Secretary of state, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General (d), all of whom shall keep their offices in person al the seat of govern of two years and untll their successors 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 shah be vested in n Governor who shall hold office for two years; a Lieutenant-G Gov | ernor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The Governor | and Lieutenant Governor elected next preceding election the time when this | section shall take effect. shall hold office | aA. .I | of September, and their successors shall be chosen at the general election Tn tha' year.
 Election Of Governor and Lieutenant l Governor.
 Section 2 The Governor and I.ieuten- ant-Governor shall be elected at the | 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 it's next annual session shall the said persons so having an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor and Iieutenant-G Governor.
 When Lieutenant Governor to Act as
 Governor.
 Section 4 Tn 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 the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term, or until the 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 force thereof he shall continue comma nder-in- chief of all the military force of the State.
 Qualification and Duties of Eleutenant-
 Governor; Succession to the Gov
 ernorshlp.
 Section 5. The Leutenant- Governor shall possess the same qualifications Of eligibility for the office as the Governor. shall have only a casting vote therein fin case of a tie vote If during q 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 Presl- dent of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shah cease; and if the President of the Senate for any of the 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 filled or the disability shall 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 be 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 from and after the second Monday in September, iSf5.
 office of the Secretary of State on March (, 1913.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment ~
 Witness my official signature thls l9th day of February 1914. ,,
 EARLE w. HODGES.
 fSean eecsat=.y 0f State.