Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-08-27
EARTICLE II.


l. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi-
dent 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 reeligbe.
The Prs sdent and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
2. Each Ssats shall appoint, in such manner as the
legislature thereof may direct, number oI electors
equal the whole number of Senators and Represen-
hich the State m y be entitled In the Con-
gress: but no senator or Representative, person
holding an office of trust profit Inder the Confeder
ate States, shall be appointed an eector.
& The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot for President and Vice President,
one of whom at least, shall not be inhabitant of
the same Stale with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted ior as Paesdent and IN
distinct ballots the person voted for as VicePresldent
and they shall make distinct lists OF all Pereons voted
for as President and OF ali voted for as VICE
President and of the number OF votes for EACH which
list 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 me
vote shall then be counted; the person having the
greatest number for President shall be the
President if such number be m Jorty OF the whole
number of electors appointed ana II no psrsoa nave
such majority, then, from the persons having tue
highest numbers exceeding three, en- the list OF
those voted President, the House OF Represen-
tativeg shall choose Immediately, BY oalot, the fresl
dent But IN choosing the President the vote shall be
taken by States, the rel resentaon from each stale
having one vote quorum Tor TINS purpose snAn con-
sist of a member or members from twothlrds OF The
states and majority Of all the States shall be neces
ssry 70 choice And if the House of Representatives
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choice shall deyolye upon them before the fourth
of March next following then the Vice Pre- ident shall
act as President in of the death or other con-
stitutional disability OF the President
e. The person having the greatest number OF votes
as Vice President shall be the Vice President, such
number be q majority OF the whole number OF elect
ors appointed: and person have majority, then,
from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate
shall choose the Vice President; quorum for tue
pose shall of two-thirds of the whole number
of Senators, and majority OF the whole number shall
be necessary to choice
No person constitutionally ineligible 10 the office
of President shall be eligible TO that OF Vice President
Of the Confederate States
9. The Congress may determine the time OF choosing
the electors and the day which they shall give their
votes; which day shall be the same throug ghout the
Z. No person except natural born citizen Of the
Confederate States citizen thereof the time OF
the adoption Of the Constitution or citizen Thereof
Der, 1850, shall be eligible the Office Of President
neither shall any person be eligible that Office who
shall not have attained the age Of thirty i've years
and been fourteen years resident within the hmits
OF the Confederate States they may exist al the
time OF his election.
8. In Of the removal Of the President from Of
nee, or Of bis DEATH resignation, or inability to dis
same shall deyolve the Vice President and the Con
gress may, by law, provide for the case OF removal
death, resignation, inability both Of the President
and Vice President, declaring what ofcer shall ther
President and such officer shall accordingly
until the disability be removed President shall b.
O. The President shall, al stated times receive 70
hls services compensation which shall neither be
creased diminished during the period for which b
shall nave been eected and be shall not receive with
IN that period ang other eEolnment from the Confed
crate States, or any Of them.
10. Before he enters the execution Of hn once
be shall take the following oath or sfsrmstlon; x.,,
fully szecuss fhs o6os q President q ses oonfsdsr.s.
States, and win, The best Of my ehftyf
protect and dsfsnd shs Constitution thsrs0s -