The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-07
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 DE 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 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 l4tl. 1914. for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment No. t6.
 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 next general election for Senators and | Representatives, if a majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become a part of the Constitution of the State or Arkansas, to-w1r:
 Executive Uspartment.
 That Section No 17 of Article of 1 the Constitution of the State of Arkan-
 sas be amended so as to read as follows | Section l. To amend Section l of Ar l ticle of the Constitution of the state or Arkansas to read as follows: The EX- ecutive Department of this State small
 consist of a Governor, lieutenant-GoVs .
 ernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer or 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 se term 1 of two years and until their successors
 
 eral Assembly may provide. by iaw Tor
 the establishment of the office of Com
 missioner of State Lands.
 Executive Power.
 Section 2. The Executive power shah | be vested in a Governor who shall hold | ernor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The Governor and Lieutenant-G Governor elected next preceding election the time when this section shall take effect. shall hold office
 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-Governor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of l 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 Legisa- ture at its next annual session shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of l the said persons so having an equal and Ithe highest number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
 When Lieutenant Governor to Act as | Governor.
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 of the Governor or his removal from | office, death, inability to discharge the 1 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 tho | 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 commander in- | chief of all the military force of the State.
 Qualification and Duties Of Lieutenant Governor; Succession to the Gov ernorshp.
 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 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 of performing the duties of his office, or
 be absent from the State, the Pres-
 dent of the Senate shall act as Governor untn tn, vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease; and if the
 President of the Senate for any of the above causes shall become tncapab blo 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 nerform by the Constitution or by law.
 Section That all laws and parts or
 laws that are in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. and
 that this Act shall he in force and ettect September, 1915. , u
 The above resolution was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March
 Each eIector may vote for or against the above amendment ~ ,o,, Witness my official signature thls l9th day of February 1914. ,.-.,,e,
 O'' EARLE W. HODGES, fSeaN Sac~et=-y 0f State