The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-03
TnoposED AMENDMENT TO TgE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
 OF ARkANSAs

n,-., OF ARKANSAS.
 inc to3-t IS hereby given that tho follow menf me i'''t[ to fesolutien, ts proposing an amend passed by the General AssembIv a+ "' ,ts Iesuaf session of 1913, and fbat 1a same VIII be submitted to the electors n, ttne state at the next general election 70 De held Monday September I4tt toIt' TOT adoption or rejection. '' A'if'
 m proposed Amendment No. 1s o na' lhe following is hereby proposed as ah "G atnehdment to the Constitution of being submitted 10 the electors of tne oIate Tor approval or rejection ot inc next general election for Eenafors ana ii representatives, if a majority of the electors voting at such election ado,,t such amendment the samo shan beco,,,e part Of the Constitution of the Stafe of Arkansas, Uo-wit: 'i
 Executive Department.
 ,ti "at section No, l7 of Article Of sas be amended so as to read as follows.
 section l. To amend Section 1 of Ar ucle of the Constitution of the state or ArK3nsaS Co read as follows The Ex- consist of a Governor IleiItenant-C;ov- erhor' Secretary of State Treasurer of state, Auditor of State and Attorney general td), all of whom shall keep their oirces in person at the seat of govern nent and hold their offices for the term of TWO years and unti their succpssors are, elected and qualified And the Cen erai Assembly may provide by law for the establishment of the office of Com missioner of State Lands.
 Executive Power
 oecuon '. The Executive power shah be vested in a Governor, who shall hold of1lce for two years; a Lieutenant- Gov efn0r 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 year
 Election of Governor and Lieutenant
 Governor.
 Section 3. The Governor and TJeuten- 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 shaU have an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor. or for Lieutenant Governor, the two Houses of the Iegisla- ture, a it's next annual session shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of the said persons so having an equal and the highest number or votes for Governor and Lieutcnant-CiOvernOr
 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. or absence from the State. the powers and duties of the office shall devove upon the deutenant- Governor for the residue of the term. or until ths 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 co,Nmander- ln- chief of all the military f,Tce of the State.
 Qualification and Duties Of Lieutenant
 Governor; Succession to the Gov
 ernorship.
 Section E. 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 n casting vote therein in case of a tle vote If during a va- eanoy of the office Of Governor. the Iieu- tenant Governor shall be impehched dts- placed. resign. die, or become incapable of performing the duties Of hls office, or he absent from the state. the Presl- dent of the Senate shall act as