Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-25
ARTICLE II.

L The executive power shall be vested in a Presi-
of Confederate States of America He and the
Vice President shall holdtheir offices for the term Of
six years. but the President Shall not be eligible
Pr sdent and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
q zach ssate shall appoint, in such manner as the
legislature thereof may direct, number electors
equal the whole number OF Senators and Represen
tatiyes TO hich the State ~ be entitled in the Con
gress; but senator or Representative, or person
holding Office Of trust profit Under The Conteder
ate States shall be ap yolnIed an elector.
s. The electors shall meet in their respective States
and by baot for President and Vice President,
of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant OF
the game State th themselves; they shall in
their ballots the person voted Tor PaesIdent and IN
distinct ballots the person voted for Vice Presdent
and they shall make distinct lists of all pereons voted
for President and of all persons voted for Vice
President and of the number Of votes for each which
st they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed
the government OF the Confederate States directed
10 the President of the Senate the President OF The
Senate shall in 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 be m joriIy Of the whole
number of electors appointed; and If person have
such majority, then, IRON the persons having tue
highest numbers not exceeding three, the list of
those voted for "a Fresident, the House OF Repr
tatyes sha choose Immediately, by ballot the Presi
dent. But choosing the President the vote shall be
taken by States, the representation from each State
having one vote quorum for this purpose shall con-
sist of a member members from two thirds OF the
States and mjorily Of all the States shall be
sry choice. And if the House Of Representatives.
shall not choose President, whenever the right Of
choice shall devolve upon the before the fourth day
OF March next following, then the Vice President shall
act President in case of the death or other con
stitutonal disability OF the President
4. The person having the greate-t number OF votes
Vice President shall be the Vice President, If snch
number be majority OF the whole number oi eject
appointed: and IL person have majority, theh,
from the highest numbers the list the senate
shall choose the Vice President; quorum ior tue Puf
pose shall consist Of twothirds OF the whole
Of Senators, and majority OF the ~hoe noiOei sA
g. No person constltutionaIly ineligible to the Office
of President shall be eligible TO thai of Vice President
The Congress may determine the time Of choosing
the ELECTORS and day which they shall give their
votes; which day shall DC tne came throughout the
= No person except natural born citizen Of the
Confederate States, citizen thereof the time Of
the adoption OF the Constitution citizen thereof
in the Uuted States prior 70 the both Of Dscem-
ber, 1880, shall be eligible 10 the Office OF Presidents
us:ther shall any be eligible thai etce who
shAi not have attained the age OF thirty nve years
and beon fourteen years rsident within the limits
Of the Confederate States, they may exist al The
tina OF his election.
g. In case OF The removal Of the President from Of
hce, or Of bis death, resignation inability 10 dis
charge the powers and duties OF the said Office, the
shall dsvcive the Vice President; and the
gress msy by law, provide for the Of removal,
DEATH resignation, inability both OF the President
and Vice President, declaring what oficer sha then
President, and such officer shall
Until the disability be removed President shall be
elected
Q. The President shall at stated times receive for
his services compensation which shall neither be
creesed nor diminished during the period for which be
sha have been electsd and he shs not receive with
IN that period an other emouInent fson the Conied
| crate States, or any Of them.
10. Before be ecters ou the exeoutioh Of his once
| be shall tsks the following cath or s1z1nston:
su sa sa.cus ss oss d ss ME
etesse, aud via, % The best of my ABILITY preserve
| psstses and dsfsnd the oOsssisatisn thereof"