The Van Buren press., 1861-07-03
The Permanent Constitution
OF The
derate States of America.
CONCLUDED
SECTION y.

alliance. or con.ede. alton ; grant letters Of
marque and reprisal con- money, make
anything bnt gold and silver coin a tender !
in payment OF debts pass any bill Of at
tainder, or 81 pos.o fa1to law, or law iD1-
pairing the obligations OF contracts, or
grant any title OF nobility.
No State shall. -itnont the consent Of
Congress lay any i'm posts or duties of i'm
ports or exports, except what may be actu
ally necessary for executing It's inspection
Ian and The net pgo9a.e c. all l.atses
and i.nposts laid by any State on imports
and exports. shall be for the use Of the
treasury Of the Confederate States and all
such laws shall be subject to the revision
and control of Congress.
3. No State shall, without the consent OF
Congress, lay any duty on tonnage, except
on seagoing vessels, for IL, improvement Of
it's harbors navigated by the said vessels
but such duties shall not conflict with any
treaties Of the Confederate States with for
eign nations and any surplus or revenue
thus derived, shall. after making such i'm
provenent, be paid into the common treas
ury nor shall any State keep troops or
ships OF war Ia time of peace. enter into
an agreement Or compact with another
State, CT with a fo,eigu power or engage IN
war, Gnlgss actually invaded, or in such
imminent hanger MS viii not admit Of de-
lay. But when any river divides or flows
through two or more States, they may en-
ter into compac,s with each other to i'm
prove the navigation thereof.
ARTICLE IL
| SECTION VI.
| l. The executive power shall be vested
in President 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 re-eligible
The President and Vice President shall be
elected as follows:
2. Each State shall appoint, in such Il
manner ssas the Legislature thereof may dl
rect, number of electors. equal to the
whole numher of Senator's and Representa-
tives To which the State may be entitled in
! the Congress but no Senator or Represen-
tive, or person holding an office of trust or
profit under the Confederate States, shall
be appointed an elector
3. The electors shall meet in their res
! pective States, and vote by ballot for Pres
dent an6 Vice President. one Of whom, at
least, shall not be an inhaDitant Of the
same State with themselves they shall
name in their ballots. the person voted for
as President, and in Instinct baiio,A, ,iiu
person voted for as Vice President, and of
the number of votes for each, which list
they shall sign and certify. and transm,
sealed, II the government of tho Confedcr-
ate States, directed to the President
of the. Senate shall, in the pres
ence Of the House Of Representatives, open
all the certificates, and the votes snail then
he counted /: the person having the greatest
number OF votes fer President shall be the
President. if such lumber be majority o..
the whole number of electors appointed
and if no person have such majority then,
from the persons having the highest bcrs
not exceeding three, on the list of those vot-
ed for as President, the House of Represen-
tatives shall choose, by ballot, the Presi-
dent. But in choosing the President, the
votes shall be taken by the States. the rep
resentation from each State having one
vote quorum for this purpose shall con-
sist of a member or members from two
thirds of the States, and a ma jority of all
the States shall be necessary to choice
And if the House of Representatives. shall
not choose a President, when the right OF
4th day of March next following, then the
Vice President shall act as President, as in
case of the death or other constitutional
disability Of the President.
The person having the greatest number
of votes as Vice President, shall be Vice
President, if such number be majority
Of the whole number of electors appointed
and if no person have a majority, then,
from the two highes. numbers on the list,
shall choose the Vice President a quorum
for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds
of the whole number of Senators, and a
ma ority Of the whole number shall be nee
essary to a choice.
5. But no person constitntionally ineli-
gible to the office of President shall be ELI
gible to that of Vice President of the Con
federate States
6. The Congress may determine the time
of choosing the electors, and the day on
which they shall give their votes. which
day shall be the same throughout the Con-
feierate States
I. No person except natural born citi-
zen of the Confe lerate States or a citizen
thereof at the time of the adoption of this
Constitution, or a citizen thereof born in
the United States, prior to the Goth of De
cember, 1860, shall be eligible to the office
of President; neither shall any person be
eligible to that office who shall not have at
tanned the age Of thirty-fve years. and been
fourteen years a resident within the limit.
of the Confederate States, as they may ex-
ist at the time of his election.
8. In case of the removal Of the Prcsi
dent from office, or of his death, resigna-
tion or inability to discharge the powers
and duties of the said office. the same shall
devolvc on the Vice President. and the
Congress may, by law. provide 70: the case
of removal, death, resignation. or inability,
both of the President and Vice. President
declaring what officer shall then act as
President, and such officer shall act accor-
dinghy until the disability be removed, or
President shall be elected
9. The President shall at stated times
receive for his services a compensation,
which shall neither be increased nor dimin-
ished during the period for which he shall
have been elected and he shall no. receive
within that period any other emolument
from the Confederate States, or any of them
| IO. Before he enters on the execution OF
mis- Office, he shall take the following oath
or affirmation
"I do solemnly swear Tor affirm that
will faithfully execute the Office of Presi.