The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-24
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARKANSAS.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARKANSAS.
 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 Its regular session of 1913, and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election, Co be held Monday September 14tk. 1914. for adoption or rejection
 Proposed Amendment No. 1e.
 That the following is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of 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 a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. Uo-wit:
 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 i of Ar ticle of the Constitution of the State ot Arkansas to read as follows. The EN- ecutive Department of this State shall consist of 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 offices 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 of Com missioner of State Lands. Executive Power. Section Q The Executive power shah be vested in a Governor, who shall hold office for two years; a lfeutenant~Gov- ernor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The Governor and LLeutenant- 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 2. The Governor and Leuten- 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 Lieutenant Governor shall ! be elected, but in case two or more shall have an equal and the highest numher of votes for Governor, or for Lieutenant Governor, the two Houses of the Legisa- | ture at It's next annual session shNll forthwith, by joint ballot choose one of the said persons so having an equal ana the highest number of votes Tor 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, | the powers and duties of the office shall | devolVe upon the Lieutenant-G Governor 1 for the residue of the term, or until tho disability shah cease. But when the l 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 force of the State.
 Qualification and Duties of Lleutenant-
 Governor; Succession to the Gov
 Section 6. 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 in case of a tie vote. If during a 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 Prcsi- 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 or AfONeTnoIt tne 6ptdNcT or tht Assembly shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease.
 Salary of LleuteEant- Governor.
 Section 6. The Lieutenant Governor 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.
 Tl,at oil Ipx and 1fa nf 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 Monday 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,
 EARLE w. HODGES,
 CSeaD Sec-et--y Jf State.