Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-28

RIGHT Of trial by jury shall be preserved; and
no fact SO tried By q jury shall be otner"ise
in any court Of the Confederacy
than according to the rules OF the common
law.
le. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual
p%unishments inflicted.
90. Every law, or resolution having the force
of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that
shall be expressed in the title.
Sec. 10-l. No State shall enter into any
treaty, alliance or confederation; grant letters
OF marque and repriSal coin money; make
anything but gold and silver coin 4 tender IN
payment Of debts pass any bill Of attalnder,
or ex post Jateio law, Or law impairlIg the oolI-
CATION Of contracts or grant any title OF no.
bility.
,. No State shall, without the consent OF
the Congress. lay any imposts or duties on i'm
ports or exports, except what may be abso-
iutely necessary for executing its inspection
laws; and the net produce of all duties and
inpos,s, laid by any State on imports or OK,
ports, shall be for the use of tine treasury OF
the Confederate States and ali such laws shall
be subject to the revision ard control OF Con-
gress.
8. No State shall, without the consent Of
Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, except Oh
sea going vessels, for the improvement! OF ITS
rivers and harbors naviga,cd by said vessels;
but such duties shall not conflict with any
treaties of the Confederate States with foreign
nations; and any surplus Of revenue, thus de-
rived, shall, after making such improvement,
be paid into the omtno treasury nor shall
any State keep troops or ships of war in time
of peace, enter into any agreement or compact
with another State, or with u foreign power,
or engage in war, unless actually invaded, OF
in such imminent danger as will not admit OF
DELAY. But when any river divides or nows
through two or more States, they may enter
into contacts with each other to improve the
navigation thereof.
ARTICLE II.
SECTION IL. The executive power shall
be vested in a 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 he re.ellglble. Inc
President and Vice President shall be elected
as follows:
9. Each State shall appoint, in such manner
as the Legislature thereof may direct, a mum,
her OF GleClOTS eQutl W ~ "HoS
Senators AMI Representatives to which the
State may be entitled in the Congress but
no Senator or Representative, or person mold
ing an office of trust or profit under the Con
fcderate States, shall be appointed an elector.
g. The electors shall meet in their respec'
tive States, and vote by ballot for President
and Vice President, one Of whom, ut least, shall
not be an nhabitant Of the same State with
themselves; they shall name in their ballots the
person voted for as President, and in distinct
ballots the person voted for as Vice President,
and they shall make distinct lists Of all persons
voted for as President, and Of all persons voted
for as Vice President, and Of the number OF
votes for each, which list they shall sign and
certify, and transmit, sealed, TO the govern
ment Of the Confederate States, directed to the
President Of the Senate tl.e President OF the
Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and
House OF Representatives, open all the certih-
Gates. and the votes shall then be counted the
person having The greatest number of votes for
President shall be President, if such number
be q majority of the whole number Of electors
appointed and if no person hive such MAORI.
", then, FROM the persons having the highest
| numbers, not exceeding three, on the list OF
lnOSE fOleu lUT Ms J. iCSluCllt, i Z i'OHoS "a 1N~f
reseu,atives shall choose immediately, by bull
lot, the President But in choosing the Presl'
dent, the votes shall DC taken by States, the
| representation lrcm each State having one vote;
u quorum for this purpose shall consist OF q
member or members from twO.thi1s OF the
States, and a majority Of ali the States Shall be
necessary to l. choice. And if the House oil
Representatives shall not choose Il President,
! whenever the right Of choice shall devol3e upon
them, before the fourth day Of March next iol'
owing, then the Vice President shall act as
President, IS in case Of the death, or other con
stitnticnal disability Of the President
!. The person having the greatest number
of votes Us Vice President shall he the Vice
President, if such number be a majority Of the
whole number of electors appointed and ifno
person have q majority, then from the t%c
highest numbers on the list the Senate shall
choose the Eice.Presi1eat; Il quorum for the
purpose shall consist Of two thirds OF the
whole n9snb '!1. IF S"G G2RtsHli be CT necessary & 10 : 3
choice.
5. But no person cons,itutionally ineligible
to the Office Of President shall be eligible to
that Of Vice. president Of the Confederate
States.
i. The Congress may determine the time O
choosing the electors, and the day on which
they shall give their votes; which day shall bt
the same throughout the Confederate States.
Z. No person except n natural born citizen
Of the Confederate States, or a citizen thereof
at the time Of the adoption Of the Constitution,
OF a citizen thereof born in the United States
prior to the goth Of December, 1850, shall be
eligible to the office Of President; neither shall
any person be eligible TO that Office who shall
not have attained the age Of thirty. five years,
and been fourteen years a resident within the
limits Of the Confederate States, as they may
exist at the time Of his election.
$. In case Of the removal Of the President
from Office, or Of his death, resignation, or ina,
bility to discharge the powers and duties Of
the said office, the same shall derOlve on the
Vice President; and the Congress may, by
law, provide for the case Of removal, death, re.
| sigpation. or inability both Of the President
and Fice-President, declaring what officer shall
then act as President, and such otirer shall
net accordingly until the disability be removed
OF Il President shall be elected.
9. The President Shall, at stated times, re-
ceivc for his services a compensation, which
shall neither be increased nor diminished du
ring the period for which he shall have been
elected; and he shall not receive within that pc
riod any other emolument from the Confede-
rate States, or any of them.
10. Before he enters on the execution of his
Office, he shall take the following oath or afir-
nation:
81 do s~olernnly swear for affirm that | will
faithfully execute the office of President Of the
Confederate States, and will, to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect and defend the Cow
~Stitution thereof"
SECTION FL. The President shall be com.
mander.in.chief Of the army and navy Of the
Confederate States, and. of the militia of the
several States, when called into actual service
of the Confederate States; he may require the
opinion, in writing, Of the principal officer in
each of the Executive Departments. upon any
subject relative to the duties Of their respec-
tive Offices; and he shall have power to grant
reprieves and pardons Tor offences against the
Confederate States, except in cases ol impeach.
nicnt.