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

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 10 the electors Of the State at the next general election, to be held Monday. September l4tt, 1914, for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment No. is.
 That the following is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution or 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 electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, uo-w1c:
 Executive Department.
 That Section No. 17 of Article 5 of the Constitution of the State of Arkan- sas be amended so as to read as follows Section l. To amend Section ] of Ar ticle 6 of the Constitution of the state o' Arkansas 10 read as follows: The EX- consist of a Governor. Lieutenant-GoY- ernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer oi State, Auditor of State and Attorney General (d), all of whom shall Keep thelr offices in person at the seat of govern ment and hold their offices for tse term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. And the Gen eral Assembly may provide by law TOT the establishment of the office or com missioner Of State Lands.
 Executive Power.
 Section g. The Executive power shah be vested in a 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 and Lieutenant-Governor elected next preceding election the time when this section shall take effect, shall hold ottlce 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 3. The Governor and Lieuten- ant -Goyernor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for l Governor and Lieutenant-G 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 its 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 | of the Governor or his removal from | powers and duties of the said office i resignation. or absence from the State 1 the powers and duties of the office shal | devolve upon the Lieutenant-GoVernOr
 for the residue of the term, or until ths | disability shall cease. But when the | Governor shall, with the consent of the l Legislature, be out of the State in time 1 of war, at the head of a military force l ba shall T-1 1 chief of all the military force of the | State.
 Qualification and Duties of Lleuten ant | Governor; Succession to the Gov
 Section 5. The Lieutenant- Governor | shall possess the same qualifications of l eligibility for the office as the Governor. He shall be president of the Senate, but in case of tie vote. If during a va cancy of the office of Governor the Lieu tenant-Governor shall be impeacned, dis placed, resign, die, or become incapable be absent from the State, the Presi- dent of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease; and If 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
  cease,
 Salary of Ileuter ant Governor.
 Section G. 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 prequislte. 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, ano from and after the second Monday in September, 1915.
 The above resolution was filed In the office of the Secretary of State on March G., 1913.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment
 Witness my official signature this l9th day of February. 1914.
 EARLE w HODGES,
 (SeaD Secretary ot State'
 NOTICE.