Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-04-18
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARKANSAS.

lowing joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the State Constitution was passed by the General Assemply at it's regular session of 1915, and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the state at the next gen eral election, to be held Monday, sep tember 14th, 1914, for adoption or re- jection.
 Proposed Amendment No. 16.
 That the following is hereby pro- posed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the State of Arkansas and the same being submitted to the electors of the state for approval or reflection at the next general electlon for Senators and Representatives, II a majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become a part or the Constitution of the State of Arkansas to-wit:
 That Section No. IT of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State or Arkansas be amended so as to read as follows:
 Executive Department.
 Section 1. To amend Section l or Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas to read as follows: The Executive Department of this State shall consist of Governor, Lieu tenant t-Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor Of state and Attorney General (O, all of whom shall keep their offices in person at the seat of government and hold thelr offices for the term of two years and until their successors are elected ana qualified. And the General Assembly may provide by law for the establish ment of the offices of Commissioner of State Lands.
 Executive Power.
 Section 2. The Executive power shall be vested in Governor, who shall hold office for two years; a Lieutenant Governor 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 Mon day of September, and their success sors shall be chosen at the general election in that year.
 Election of Governor and Lieutenant-
 Governor.
 Section 3. The Governor and Lieu tenant-Governor shall be elected at the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly. The per sons respectively having the highest number of votes for Governor and Lieu tenant-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 Leg islature 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-Gover nor.
 When Lieutenant-GOvern to Act as
 Governor.
 Section 4. In case of the impeach- ment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to dis charge 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-in-c chief of all the military force of the State. Qualification and Duties of Lieuten.
 ant.GovernOr; Succession to the
 GovernOrship.
 Section ,. Tne Lieutenant Governor shall possess the same qualifications of eligibility for the office as the Gov- ernor. He shall be president of the Senate. but shall have only a casting vote therein in case of tie vote. If during vacancy of the office of Gov ernor, the Lieutenant-Go shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease; and if the President of the Sen ate for any of the above causes shall become incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of Gov ernor, the Speaker of the Assembly shall act as Governor until the vacan- cy be filled or the disability shall cease.
 Salary of Lieutenant.Goyernor.
 Section 6. The Lieutenant-G Governor shall receive for his services an an- nual salary of Two Thousand Dol lars, and shall not receive or be en- titled to any other compensation, fee or requisite, for any duty or service he may be required to perform by the Constitution or by law.
 Section 7. 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 from and after the second Mon day in September, 1915.
 The above resolution was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 6, 1913.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this 18th day of February, 1914.
 EARIE WY JODNEo