Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-14
PARTICLE II.


The executive power shall be vested IN Presi-
dent of the Confederate States Of America He and the
Vice President shall hold their Offices for the of
six years the President shall not be eeiigbe-
The Pr, sident and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
2 Each Ssaie shall appoint, in such manner as the
Legislature thereof may direct, number OF electors
equal to the whole number of Senators and Represen-
tayes which the State may be emitted IN the Con
gress; but no senator Representative, or person
holding office of trust or profit Under the Conieder
ate States, shall be appointed an elector
g. The electors shall in their respective States
and vote by ballot for President and Vice President,
one of whom least shall not be an nhabitani Of
the same State with themselves; they shall in
their ballots the person voted or President, and IN
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President
and they shall make distinct lists OF all pereons Voted
for as President and of all persons voted for Vice
President and number of votes for each which
list they shall sign and certify and transmit, sealed,
10 government OF the Confederate States, directed
the President OF the Senate the President OF the
Senate shall, the presence of the senate and House
of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the
vote shall then be counted; the person having the
greatest number of votes for President shall be the
President If such number De jorIy Of the whole
number OF electors appointed and if person have
such majority then, from the persons having the
highest numbers not exceeding three, on the list Of
those for Presidents the House OF RePresen-
tatives shall choose Immediately by ballot, the Pres
But choosing the President, the vote shall be
taken by States the representation from each State
having vote quorum for this purpose shall con-
sist of member or members from two-thirds OF the
States and majority of ali the States shall be
sary choice. And if the House of Representatives
shall not choose President, whenever the right OF
choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day
OF March next following, then the Vice President shall
President, in of the death other con-
stitntonal disability Of the President.
g. The person having the greatest number Of votes
Vice President shall be tho Vice President, such
number be majority OF the whole number OF elect
ors appointed: andn no person have majority then,
from the two highest numbers the list the Senate
shall choose the Vice President; quorum for pnr-
pose shall consist Of twothrds OF the whole number
of Senators, and majority Of the whole number shall
be necessary TO choice.
Of President shall be eligible 70 that Of Vice President
of the Confederate States.
g. The Congress may determine the time OF choosing
the electors aud the day which they shall give their
votes; which day shall be the same throughout the
Confederate States
T. No person except 8 natural born citizen of the
Confederate states or citizen thereof the
the adoption OF the Constitution or citizen there's
born in the United States prior the 10th OF Dscem
Der, 1885, shall be eligible the oce OF President
neither shall any person be eligible 70 that oee who
sna not nave attained the age OF thirty I've years
and been fourteen years resident within the inits
Of the Confederate States, they may exist the
time OF his election.
g. In case or the removal Of the President from Of
nee, or OF his death, resignation inability 20 dis
charge the powers and duties Of the said oice the
same shall deyolye the Vice President; and the Csn
gress may, by law, provide for this case OF removal
DEATH resignation, inability both Of the Presden
and Vice President declaring what officer shall thai
act ss President and such ocer shall aecordins.
until the disability be removed or President shall b
O. The President shall Al stated times. receive 70
his services compensation which shall neither be il
creased nor diminished during the period for which
shall nave been elected and he shal not recsive with
IN that period sns other emoument from the Confsd
/ crate States, or any Of them.
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