Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-08-07
ARTICLE ii.
SECTION l.

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 term of
six years but the President shall not be eeligible
The Pr, sdent and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
q Each Ssate shall appoint, in such manner as the
legislature thereof may direct, number OF electors
equal to whole number of Senators and Represen
tatiyes TO hich the State may be entitled in the Con-
gress: but no Senator Representative, or person
holding an office of profit under the Confeder
ate States, shall be appointed an eector.
g. 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 iAhabiant of
the same State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted Tor President, and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as President
and they shall make distinct lists OF all pereons voted
for President and of all persons voted for as wee
President and of the number of votes for each which
list they shall sign and certify and transmit, sealed,
to the government of the Confederate States directed
TO the President of the Senate the President of the
Senate SHALL ip the presence of the Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVES, open all the certificates and the
vote shall then be counted the person having the
greateet number of votes for President shall be the
President, If such number be majority OF the whole
number of electors appointedj ana no person nave
such majority, then, from the persons having the
highest numbers not exceeding three, the list OF
those voted Fres dent the House of Represen-
tatiyes shall choose Immediately, by ballot, the Pres
dent But in choosing President, the shall be
taken by States the representation from each state
having vote; quorum for this purpose shall con-
sist of a member members from two-thirds OF the
States and majority Of all the States shall be neces
sary TO choice. And if the House of Representatives
sha
choice shall devove upon them, before the fourth day
of March following then the Vice President shall
President in case Of the death or other con-
sttutional disability of the President.
4. The person having the greatest number OF votes
as Vice President shall be the Vice President if such
number be a majority of the whole number Of elect
appointed and if no person have majority then,
from the two highest numbers the list the Senate
shall choose the Vice President quorum for the pur-
pose shall consist of twothirds Of the whole number
of Senator's and majority OF the whole NUMBER shall
be necessary to a choice.
s. No person consttutionaly ineligible 10 the Office
of President shall eligible 70 that Of Vice President
of the Confederate States
g. The Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors the day which they shall give theiI
votes; which day shall be the throughout the
Confederate States
T. No person except natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, citizen thereof the time
the adoption of the Constitution, citizen thereo
born in the United States prior to the 10th OF Decem
Der, 1850, shall be eligible the Office of President
neither shall any be eligible to that office VIII
shall not have attained the age OF thrty-Gve years
and been fourteen years resident within the limit
Of the Confederate States as they may exist al tn
time Of his election.
g. In case OF the removal of the President from OF
charge the powers and duties of the said office, tn
same shall devolve the Vice President; and the Con
gress may, by Law, provide for the case of removal
snd Vice Pres,den.. declaring what osicer shaI The
act President, and such officer shall act accordngl
until the disability be removed or President shall
elected. so -
O. The President shall, at stated times receive &
hs services q compensation which shall neither be i
creased nor diminished during the period for which
shall have been eected and he shall not receive VIZ
| crate States, or any Of them -. -
To- Before he enters on the execution OF bis omc
he shall take the following oath or sfirmation; a,
fully s3 s9ssase ~ once of ssdsni q The onfedsrs
sxafes and will, 70 the best of my ability, preeefs
protect end dssead che C0nstitatiOa thessof"