The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-22
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARkANSAs

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 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, to be held Monday September 14tt. 1914, for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment No. 16. That the following is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution ,t the State of Arkansas, and the sante being submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection at the next general election for Tenators and | Representatives, If majority Of the | electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become | a part of the Constitution of the State of | Arkansas, uo-wir:
 | Executive Department.
 That Section No. r of Article of the Constitution of the State of Arkan- sas be amended so as to read as follows: section I, To amend Section 1 of Ar uc!e or the Constitution of the State of Arkansas to read as follows: The Ex- l ecutlve Department of this State shall consist of 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 of two years and until 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.
 L. Section q The Executive power shah be vested in Governor, who shall hold office for two years; Lieutanant-Gov- 1 ernor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The Governor and Iieutenant- Governor elected next preceding election the time when this section shall take effect. shall hold office n nK1 I'm tfa~r st1- Afl... .lr.. 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 Iieuten- ant-Governor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly. The persons respectively 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 Iegisla- . 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 Leutenant-G Governor.
 When Lieutenant Governor to Act as | Governor.
 Section 1. In case of the impeachment or the Governor or his removal from oiflce, death inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, | the powers and duties of the office shali 1 devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor Tor the residue of the term. or until the | disability shall cease. But when tha Governor shall, with the consent of the | Legislature, be out of the state in time l Of war, at the head of a military force l thereof, he shall continue coNmander- in- chief of all the military f,ree of the Estate.
 Qualification and Duties of Lieutenant Governor; Succession to the Gov
 Section s. The Iieutenant- Governor shall possess tine 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 case of a tie vote. If during a va cancy of the office of Governor the Lieu tenant-Governor shall be impeached dis placed, resign. die, or become incapable be absent from the State. the Presi- i 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 vacancy be filled or the disability shall | cease.
 l Salary Of Lieutenant- Governor.
 Section 6. The Iieutenant-G 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 preauiste. for any duty or service he may be required | to perform by the Constitution pr 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 1915.
 The above resolution was filed In the l office of the Secretary of State on March g. 1913.
 l Each elector may vote for or against | the above amendment.
 | Witness my official signature this 18th | day of February 1914.
 EARLE W. HODGES. (Seal) Sec-~.--y of State.