The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-11
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
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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 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 ltu. 1914, for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment No. fe.
 That the following is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution Of 1 the State of Arkansas, and the same | being submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection at 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 part of the Constitution of the State of | Arkansas, Jo-w1r:
 Executive Department That Section No. Y of Article , of the Constitution of the State of Arkan- | sas be amended so as to read as follows Section l. To amend Section 1 of Ar ticle 6 of the Constitution of the state ot l Arkansas to read as follows: The EX- ecutive Department of this State shall consist of q 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 off ces for tse term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified And the Gen eral Assembly may provide by law Tor the establishment Of the office ot Com missioner of State Lands.
 Executive Power.
 Section g. The Executive power shan | be vested in a Governor who shall hold | office for two years; a Lieutenant Gov l 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 l section shall take effect, shall hold office | until and including the second Monday 1 of September and their successors shall | be chosen at the general election in that | year.
 Election of Governor and Lleutenant- l Governor.
 Section a. The Governor and IAeuten- | ant-Governor shall be elected at the l times and places of choosing members of | the Assembly The persons respectively | having the highest number of votes for | Governor and Lieutenant Governor shah l 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 Legsla l 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 votes 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 office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, ! resignation, or absence from the State, 1 the powers and duties of the office shall | deVOlve upon the Lieutenant-GOVe
 for the residue of the term, or until ths | disability shall cease. But when the | Governor shall, with the consent of the 1 Legislature, be out of the state in time
 of war, at the head of a military force l tbprpnf o shall
 chief of all the military force of the | State.
 Qualification and Duties of Lleutenant- Governor; Succession to the Gov
 ernorshlp.
 | Section 5. The Lieutenant Governor
 shall possess the same qualifications oi eligibility for the office as the Governor ] He shall be president of the Senate but | shall have only casting vote therein 1 in case of a tie vote. IT during a va
 cancy of the office of Governor, the Lieu | tenant-Governor shall be impeacned dis | 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 be filled or the disability shall cease: and If the President of the Senate for any of tho 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 tlled or the dlsaDlIlty small cease,
 Salary of LIeutek ant Governor | Section 6. The Lieutenant Governor l 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 perform by the Constitution or 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 1 from and after the second Monday In l September, 1915.
 The above resolution was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March l 6, 1913.
 Each elector may vote for or against | the above amendment
 Witness my official signature this 18th | day of February, 1914.
 EARLE w HODGES, | (SeaO Secretary Jf State.