Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-08-16
ARTICLE II.
SECTION l.

I The executive mower shall be vested in Presi-
dent of the Confederate States OF America de and the
Vice President shall hold their offices for the term OF
six years. but the President shall not be reellg1ble-
The Pr sdent and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
legislature thereof may direct, number OF electors
equal TO the whole number of Senators and Repreen
tatiyes TO which the State may be entitled In the Con
gress. but no senator or Representative, person
holding an office profit Under the Confeder-
ate States, shall be appointed an eector.
The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot President and Vice President,
one of whom least shall not be an inhabtant OF
the same State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted Tor as Paesdent and IN
distinct ballots the person voted Tor as
and they shall make distinct lists of all pereons voted
for as President and OF all persons voted for as Vice
President of the number of votes for each which
list they shall sign and certify and transmit, sealed
To the government Confederate States, directed
10 the President 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 for President shall be the
President if such number be majority of the whole
number of electors appointed and II no person nave
such majority, then, from the persons having tue
highest numbers, not exceeding three on the list of
those voted President, the House OF kepresen-
tatiyes shall choose Immediately by ballot the Presi-
dent But in choosing the President, the vote shall be
taken by States the representation from each state
having one vote, quorum Ior this purpose sn con-
sist of a member members from twothirds OF the
States and majority of all the states shall be neces
sary 10 a choice And the House of Representatives
choice shall devolve upon them before the fourth day
of March following then the Vice President shall
act as President in OF the death other con
stitutional disability of the President.
f. The person having the greatest number OF votes
as Vice President shall be the Vice President, such
number be majority of the whole number OF eject
ors appointed: and no person have majority, then
from the two highest numbers on the list the senate
shall choose the Vice President quorum Tor the Puf
pose shall consist of twothirds of the whole number
Of Senator's and majority OF tne Wneie slA
be necessary to a choice ce.-.,.-,,,.
of President shall be eligible to that Of Vice President
a The Congress- may determine the time Of choosing
the electors and the day which they shall give the
votes; which day shall be the same throughout tn
| n No person except natural born citizen Of tn
Confederate States citizen thereof the time
the adoption Of the Constitution, citizen thereo
born in the United States prior to the 10th Of Dsce
ber 1850, shall be eligible TO the Office OF President
neither shall any person be eligible that Office VIII
shall not have attained the age Of thirty i've years
and been fourteen years resident within the limit
of the Confederate States, they may exist al th
/ time OF his election. e ~ - r--1ra
s. In case of the removal of the President from o
fee, or Of his death, resignation inability 10 di
charge the powers and detaee OF the said oice, ID
same shall deyolve the Vice President; and the Col
gress may, by law, provide for the case OF rernova
DEATH resignation, inability both OF the PresdeI
and Vice President declaring what officer shall the
act President, and such officer shall according
until the disability be removed or President shall
i g. The President shall at stated times, receive G
hE services compensation which shall neither be
creased diminished during the period for which
shall have been elected and he shall not receive Wit
IN that period ang other emolument from the confs
crate States, or any Of them
10. Before he enters on the execution Of bis ome
he shall take the following oath or aIirmatian :.
fully execute The once Of PRESIDENT of the oOnisdsr.
States, and will 20 the best OF my sciHty
protect and defend che Constitution thsfs~