Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-24
ARTICLE II.
sEcTION !.

/. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi
the Confederate States of America DE and the
Vice President shall hold their offices for the term Of
years bat the President shall not be ecIgible-
The Pr sident and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
2 Each Ssate shall appoint, in such manner as the
legislature thereof may direct, number OF electors
equal the whole number OF Senators and Represen-
tatyes 10 which the State be entitled in the Con-
gress; but senator or Representative, or person
holding Office of trust profit Under tie ConedeT
ate States, shall be appointed an elector-
and by ballot Tor President and Vice President,
one of whom, at least, shall not be an nhabtant VI
the same State with themselves they shall name IN
their ballots the person voted or as President and IL
distinct ballots the person voted Tor as President,
and they shall make distinct lists OF all pereonS voted
President and of all persons voted for Vice
President and of the number Of votes for each which
list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed,
to the government the Confederate States directed
70 the President OF the Senate the President Of the
Senate SHALL in the presence Of the senate and House
of Representatives. open ali the cerilneass anu tIe
vote shall then be counted; The person having the
greatest number of for President shall be the
President, such number be IN Joriy OF the Whole
number OF electors appointed; ana IL no person nave
such majority then, tIotn the persons having tne
highest numbers not exceeding three, on the list oi
those voted for as President the House OF Reprcsen
tatives hall choose Immediately by ballot, the Presi
dent. But choosing the PRESIDENT the vote sh2l De
taken by states, the representation Irota each state
having one vote quor for this purpose shall con
sist of a member members from two-thirts OF the
States and majority Of AL the States shall be neees-
ssry 10 choice And if the House of Re presentaives
shall not choose President, whenever the right OF
choice shall devolye upon them before the fourth dsy
OF March following, thea the ICE Pre- dent snail
act rs President in OF the death or other Con
L sttutonal disability OF The President
4. The person having the greAtet number oi votes
as Vice President shall be the Vice President sue
number be a majority OF the Whole hnnlosi oi eiect %
ors appointed: andh no person nave hAaotl'y lheh
from the two highest numbers on the liSt Tue Senale
shall choose the Vice President quorum for tue
pose shall consist of tsothrds OF the whole number
Of Senators, and majority Oh the Nnoe number sai
1 be necessary TO a choice
& No person constitutionaIly ineligible to the ofioe
of President shall be eligible 70 that Of Vice President
| of the Confederate States
g. The Congr may determine The time Of choosing
the electors aud the day which they shall give their
votes which day shall be the game throughout the
/ T. No person except natural born citizen Of the
Confederate States citizen thereof the time of
the adoption OF the Constitution, citizen thereof
born the United States prior to the 10th OF ecen
ber 1850, shall be eligible TO the Office of President;
neither shall any person be eligible TO thai Sfce who
shall have attained the age OF thirty ave years.
and been fourteen years resident Within the hnlts
of the Confederate States, they may exist al the
time OF his election. $50
s. In ease of the removal Of the President ffom Of
ice, his death, resignation, inability 90 dis
charge the powers and duties OF the said ONCE the
shall devolve the Vice President and The c n
gress may, by law, provide for The case Of reinoyal
death, resignation, inability both Of The Pres sdent
and Vice President declaring what officer shall then
act President, and sseh officer shall act according y
until the disability be removed President shA be
elected s-s.s.s 5s.ssz
.. The President SHALL at stated times receive FOR
hs services a compensation which shall neither be N
creased diminished during the period for which ne
shall have been elected and he shall not receive s.l
mo thai period ang other euolurnent the confed-
| crate States any af them =.
To- Before he enters the execution OF liis eice,
he shall take the following sAln Or .. An
fully the cfse Of President OF the
STATES, and w, 70 the best Of ny ability, preserve
protecs and defszd the Consultation ihsrsai.D