The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-05
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TIE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARKAMCAc

Notice is hereby given thai tb., foro,, lns Joint resolution, proposing an ompnG- naslo, 70 the State Constitution. Was regular session of 1913. and fhat tbo same VII be submitted to the electors of .he Htate at the next general election to pc heid Monday. September 14tt 1914 Tor adoption or rejection. '
 Proposed Amendment No. 1s
 ihdl the Following Is hereby proDosed aS @ an amendment to the Constitution If tne Htate of Arkansas. and the same oeins submitted to the electors of tbe State for approval or reiacfion at tt next general election for Senators and representatives, if a majority of tha electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the samo shall become a part of the Constitution of inc Sfata o, Arkansas, uO-wiu. VI
 Executive Department.
 n ihal section No. l7 of Article 5 Of sas ho amended SO as to rend as follows. section T. To amend Section 1 of Ar ucie or the Constitution of the State of AiE3n+as to read as follows. The Ex- ecutiVe Department Of this State shan elnor Secretary of state, Treasurer of state, Auditor Of State and Attorney General td). all of whom shall keep their offices In person at the seat of govern ment and hold their offices for the term Qf two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. And the Gen. eral Assembly may provide by law for Ine @ establlshment Of the office of Com missioner of State Lands
 Executive Power
 section The Executive power shah be vested in a Governor, who shall hold office for two years a Lieutenant- Coy efnor 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 q VNfHNH d 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 Tdeuten- 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 al 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 vores for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
 When Lieutenant Governor to Act as
 Governor.
 Section 4. In case of the Impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from uiilttt utd lils ltidblUlN 10 ulStIdtKe lUe 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 ths 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 n military force thereof he shall continue coiNmander-in- chief of all the military f,rce of the State
 Qualification and Duties of Lieutenant-
 Governor; Succession to the Gov
 ernorshlp.
 Section 5. 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 a casting vote therein in case of a fife vote lf during a va cancv nf the office of Governor, the Lieu tenant Governor shall be impehched, dis placed resign. de. or become incapable of pefformlng the duties of his office, orI be absent from tho State, the Pfesl- dent of the Senate shall act as