Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-08-21
From the Baltimore Sun.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE MANNER OF FILLING THE PREsIDFN.
TIAL OFFICE IN EVERY CONTINGENCY.

THE MANNER OF FILLING THE PREsIDEN-
TIAL OFFICE IN EVERY coNTINeENoY.
Every Provision of the Constitution of the
United States and the Amendments there
to, and of the Acts of Congress, applca-
BILE to the Election of the President and
Vice President of the United States.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED sTATEs-AR-
TIcLE II.
Sec. l. The executive power shall be
vested in President of the United States
Of America. He shall hold his office during
the term of four years, and, together with
the Vice President, chosen for the same
term, be elected as follows:
Sec. 2. Each State shall appoint, in such
manner as the Legislature thereof may d.
rect, number Of electors equal to the whole
number of Senators and Representatives to
which the State may be entitled in the Con-
gress; but no Senator or Representative, or
person holding an office of trust or profit
under the United States shall be appointed
an elector.
Sec. 3. n [see amendment below, ar
ticle l2.]
Sec. 4. The Congress may determine the
time of choosing the electors, and the day on
which they shall give their votes; which
day shall be the same throughout the United
States.
Sec. g.. No person except natural born
citizen n shall be eligible to the Office
of President; neither shall any person be
eligible to that office who shall not have at
tanned to the age of thirty-fve years, and
been fourteen years resident of the United
States.
Sec. 6. In case OF the removal of the
President from office, or of his death, resig-
nation, or inability to discharge the powers
and duties of the said office, the same shall
devolve on the Vice President; and the
Congress may by law provide for the case
of removal, death, resignation or inability
both of the President and Vice President,
declaring what officer shall then act as
President; and such officer shall then act
accordingly until the disability be removed
or President shall be elected.
AMMNDEENT TO THE coNsTITUTIoN-ARTI-
Gle XII.
Proposed by two-thirds of both Houses
of Congress, by resolution of October, 1903;
and ratified by the Legislature of three
fourths of the States, before September,
1904, in accordance with Article 9th of the
Constitution.
Sec. l. The Electors shall meet in their
respective States, and vote, by ballot, for
President and Vice President, one of whom
at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the
same State with themselves; they shall name
in their ballots the person voted for as Pres.
ident, and in distinct ballots the person vo-
ted for as Vice President; and they shall
make distinct lists of all persons voted for
as President; and of all persons voted for as
Vice President, and Of the number of votes
for each, which list they shall sign and GER
tify, and transmit to the seat of government
Of the United States, directed to the Presi-
dent Of the Senate; the President OF the Sem
ate shall, in the presence of the Senate and
House of Representatives open all the GER
tifcatss, and the votes shall then be count
ed; the person having the greatest number
Of yotaa Tor President sbau No tho Dras;
dent, il such number be majority of the
whole number Of Electors appointed; and if
nc psason have such majority, then from
the persons having the highest numbers,
not exceeding three, on the list voted for as
President, the House of representatives
shall choose Immediately by ballot the Pres
ident. But in choosing the President, the
votes shall be taken by States, the Repre-
sentation from each State having one vote;
quorum for this purpose shall consist of a
member or members from two-tnirds Of the
States, and majority Of all the States shall
be necessary to choice. And if the House
of Representatives shall not choose Presi.
dent whenever the right of choice shall de-
volve upon them, before the fourth day of
March next following, then the Vice Prssi-
dent shall act as President, as in the case Of
the death or other constitutional disability
Of the President.
SEQ. 2. The person having the creates,
ourahsr of ,Iotes M Vice president shall bf