The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-18
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ruE CONSTITUTION or THE STATE
 OF ARKANSAS
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e. Notice is hereby given that tho follow Ihs Jolnt resolution, proposing an amend meht @ 10 the State Consfitution. was passed by the General Assembly st ,ts regular session of 1913. and that +ha same VIII be submitted to the electors of the state at the next general election to be held Monday. September 14th, 1914. TOT auoptlon or rejection
 Proposed Amendment No. yo.
 Ihat the following Is hereby proposed hs an amendment to the Constitution If me state of Arkansas. and the sanss State for approval or rejection at tbe next general election for Senators and representatives, If majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become q part of the Constitution of the stata Inf Arkansas, uo-wit: '-
 Executive Department.
 That Section No. IT of Article s of sae sne constitution of the State of Arkan- sas pc amended so as to read as follows. section l. To amend Section l of Ar ucie Of the Constitution Of the State of Arkansas to read as follows: The Ex- ecutNe e Department of this State shall efnor' Secretary of State, Treasurer of state, Auditor of State and Attorney General (d). all of whom shall keep their oI1lces In person at the seat of govern ment and hold their offices for the term or two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. And the Gen eral Assembly may provide by law for the establlshment of the office of Com missioner Of State Lands.
 Executive Power
 Section !. The Executive power shan be vested fin a Governor who shall hold o1tce Tor two years; a Lieutenant Gov efnor shall be chosen at tbe same time ana for the same term. The Governor ana Lieutenant Governor elected next preceding election the time when this section shall take effect. shah hold office ff1Htffdtnop fba AH,... .Ir... of September, and their successors shall De chosen at the general election in that Election Of Governor and Lieutenant
 Governor.
 section 2. The Governor and Leuten- shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly The persons respectiyely 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 Iieutenant- Governor, the two Houses of the Ieglsla- 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 Of vores for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. when Iiedtenant- Governor to Act as
 Governor. Section 4 Tn case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from
 
 powers and duties of the said office. res ignatiou, or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Ldeutenant- 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 fin time Of war, at the head of a mllitary force thereof, he shall continue coINmander- in- chief of all the military f>Tce 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 shan be president of the Senate. but shall have only a casting vote therein in case of tie vote. If during a va cancy of the office of Governof the Lieu tenant-Governor shall be lmpeached. dls- placed. resign. die. or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the Presi- dent of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy he filled or the disability shall cease: and If the President of the Senate for any of 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 bs filled or the disability shall cease.
 salary of Lieutenant Governor.
 Section G. The Lieutenant- Governor shall receive for hs services an annual salary of Two Thousand Dollars, and shall not receive or be entitled to any other compensatio fee or prequisite. 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 fin conflict herewith. be and the same are hereDy 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 office of the Secretary of State on March 6, 1913.
 Each eIector may vote for or against the above amendment
 Witness my official signature this 18th day of February 1914.
 EARLE W. HODGES,
 (SeaD 1ec-~.=-y of State.