The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-06
NOTICE FOR plJnIIcArIoN
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARkANSAS

OF ARKANSAS,
 N4tVe IS hereby given that the follow ment 10 the State ConsfitIItfon u,,, passed by the General Assembly at itS regular session of 1913, and that the fatne tan , VIII be submitted to the electors of me state at the next general election so De held Monday. September I4tt, 1914. Tor adoption or rejection. ''
 Proposed Amendme k No. 16
 mat the following Is hereby proposed as s sL amendment 10 the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, and the sapIe belng submitted 10 the electors of inc Staie Tor approval or rejection at inc next Stnoral election for Senators and electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shalI bcrouc a part Of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, to-w1t:
 Executive Department.
 That Section No t7 of Article Of the Constitution of the State of Arkan AdS hc amended so jts to read as follows.
 section |, To amend Section 1 of Ar t'Cie or the tohstitution of the state Of NtNdnaaS to read as follows. The Ex- echilVe Department of this State shall consist of Governor, Lieutenant Gov eTnor' Secretary of state. Treasurer of state, Auditor of state and Attorney General (d), all of whom shall keep their offices In person a the seat of govern ment and hold their offices for tho term or two years and untl their successors "'' 'i,htIu anu VNdllIlcG And the Gen eraI Assembly may provide by law for the establishment of the office of Com missioner Of State Lands
 Executive Power
 Section I. The Executive power shah De vested in Governor, who shall hold office for two years; a Lieutenant Coy 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 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 the Assembly The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for Governor and Licutenant-Gov 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 I.eEisla- ture at It's next annual session shall forthwith, by joint ballot choose one of the said persons so having an equal and the highest number or votes for Governor and Lieutenant- Governor.
 When LIeutenant Governor to Act as
 Governor.
 Section {. In 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 military force thereof he shall continue commander inc chief of all the military fVce of the State.
 Qualification and Duties of Lieutenant
 Governor; Succession to the Gov
 ernorshlp,
 Section 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 fin case of a tie vote lf turing 2 va cancy Of the office Of Governor the Lieu tenant Governor shall be impeached. dts- ulaced resign de. or become Incapable Of perfotmlng the dnbes Of his office or be absent from the state, the Prosl dent ot the Senate shall act ns Governor untn the vacancy be tlled or the disability shall ceasei and t the