The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-28
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARkANSAS

or ARKANSAS.
 Notice is hereby given that the follow ng loint resolution. proposing an amend 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 14tS, 1914, for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed AmendmeW No. 16.
 That the following Is hereby proposed as sn amendment to the Constitution st the State of Arkansas, and the sants being submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection at the next general election for Senators and Representatives, if majority of the such amendment the same shall become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, uo-w1r:
 Executive Department.
 That Section No. 17 of Article of the Constitution of the State of Arkan- sas be amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. To amend Section 1 of Ar ticle of the Constitution of the State Of Arkansas to read as follows: The Ex- ecutive Department of this State shall consist Of Governor Lieutenant- Coy, 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  are elected and qualified. And the Gen erai Assembly may provide by law for the establishment of the office of Com missioner of State Lands.
 Executive Power.
 Section {. The Executive power shah be vested in Governor. who shall hold office for two years; a Lieutenant-Gov- 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 thai year.
 Election Of Governor and Lieutenant.
 Governor.
 Section :. The Governor and Lieuten- ent-Governor shall be elected At the times and places of choosing members Of the Assembly. The persons respectively having the highest number of votes foi Governor and Iieutenant-G 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 Legisla- 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 votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
 When LIeutenant- Governor to Act ss
 Governor.
 Section i. Tn 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 Leutenant- 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 a military force thereof. he shall continue commander -in- chief of all the military f,Tce of the State
 Governor; Succession to the Gov
 ernorshIp.
 Section 5. The Lieutenant Governor shall possess the same qualifications Of eligibility for the office as the Governor He shali be president of the Senate, but shall have only casting vote thereiI