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

The executiye power shall be vested in a Presi
of the Confederate States OF america he anu .e
six years. but the President shah not be
The Prt sident Vice President shall De elected as
follows: -. H.
legislature thereof may direct number ol electors
equal the whole number Of senators ana cs
tatiyes to which the State may be entitled IN the oOu
gress: but no Senator Representative, or person
FOLDING an office of trust or profit under the Conie1er
ate States shall be appointed an elector
8 The electors shall meet in their respective states
and vote by ballot for President and wee fresoent
one of whom, at least shall not oe an innAolll :, ~
tbe same State with themselves; they shall name N
their ballots the person voted or as President ana N
distinct ballots the person voted for as NlcePresiaent
and they shall make distinct lists Of all pereons voted
for as President and Of all persons voted Tor as wee
President and of the number OF votes for each whcn
list they Shall sign and certify and transmit sea-
10 the government the Confederate states, directed
TO the President of the Senate the President oi te
senate SHALL the presence OF the senate ana HOUSE
of Representatives, open all tne ana ~ ~
vote shall then be counted; the person having tne
greatest number of votes for President shall De tne
President if.such number be majority OF the wnoie
number of electors appointed; and no person nave
such majority, then, from the persons having .hs
highest numbers, not exceeding three on Iile iss ~
those voted for as President the Aouss q @ Pe
tatyes shall choose Immediately oy oallo' tns ~ 81
dent But in choosing the President the vote Sa "
taken by States, the representation from ecn os.e
a,,;-o one vote: quorum for this purpose s1an con
! - Of member or members from two thirds Oh ins
states and majority of ali the States sRa De neces
sry ~ a choice And if the House OF Representatiye e
ay say NO, choose President whenever the right
choice shall deyolve upon the before tne loufln "a
If March next following, then the Vice President sh
ACT as President in case OF the oeatn OF olner S
| sfitutional disability OF the PRESIDENT -. -.
The person having the greatest number OF N W. ,
40 vice president shall be the Vice President, sue
| aher q he a majority OF the whole number Of eiecl
ors appointed andn no person have naloIis & sne
from the two highest numbers on the ilst the co.s
shall choose the Presidents quorum lor ene pui
nose shall consist of twothirds OF the wno1e nua,o
Of senator's and majority Of the whole hainosf snA
be neSess ~ nsttutionaly ineligible the ofic
of President shall be eligible 70 thAl vi VIC
| of the Confederate States !.
The Congress may determine the time OF cnoosin
the electors and the day on which they sha give the
votes which day snai DC tne saiiis slii0usHes =
lcunfeSerate States
7. No person except natural born citizen Of u
Confederate States citizen thereof, at the time
the adoption of the Constitution, or citizen there
horn in The United States prior the 10th Of Decer
ber 1S60 shall be eligible to the Office OF PFeslder
neither shall any person be eligible TO that Once VI
shall not have attained the age OF thirty nse yea
and been fourteen years resident within the Inn
Of the Confederate States, as they may eAlst AZ
. time OF his election
g. In case of the removal OF the President from
fice or Of his death resignation, inability 10
charge the powers and duties Of the said oince,
same shall deyoye the Vice President; and The Z
gress may, by law, provide of se ee = & u as pelnos
g and Vice President, declaring what officer snan u
act as President, such officer shall act accoEdin
until the disability be removed or PRESIDENT shAi
s, o The President shall, al stated times, receive
ui his services compensation which shall neither be
creased nor diminished during the period ior Shlcl
% shall have been elected end he shah not receive
:. N that period ans other emoiument from the Con
nc crate States, or any OF them 3
u u be shah take the following oath or affirmation:
fully execute the ofcs Of president Of tbs csnisde
IA States, and viii, 10 ne best q my selalsy
NJ | protecs and defend tbs constitutioa esreos'