Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-19
eARTICLE ii.
SECTION /.

/ 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 wears but the President shall not be reeligbe.-
and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
p Each Ssate shall appoint, in such manner as the
legislature thereof may direct, number OF electors
equal the whole number OF Senators and Represen
tatiyes TO which the may be entitled in the Con
gress; but Senator or Representative, or person
holding Office of trust or Pront nder the Conleder
ate States shall be appointed an elector
g. The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot and Vice President,
opeef whom at least, shall not be an inhabitant Of
the same State with themselves they shall name IN
their ballots Ibe person voted Tor as faesdent and iii
distinct ballots the voted for as VicePresident
and they shall lists OF all pereons yoL~i
for as President and of all persons voted for Vice
President and number Of votes for each, which
list they shall and certify, and transmit, sealed
10 the government the Confederate States directed
Ia the President of the Senate the President Of the
Senate SHALL presence of the Senate and House
Of Representatives. open all the Certificates and the
vote shall then be- counted; the person haying the
greatest number Of votes for President shall be the
President If such number be Jority Of the whole
number of electors appointed; and 10 person have
such majority, then, from the persons having the
highest numbers not exceeding three, on the list of
those voted for President, the House Of Represen-
tatiyes shall choose immediately, by ballot the Prpsi
ent But IN choosing the President the vote shall be
by States, the representation from each Stale
having vote quorum for this purpose shall
sist oI u member or members from two thirds Of the
States majority OF all the States shall be
siry 10 a choice. And If the House Of Representatives
shall choose President, whenever the right OF
OF March next following, then the Wee Pre=dent shall
act as President ia Of the death other con-
sttutiona disability of the President.
1. The person having the grrsIest number OF votes
Vice President shall be the Vice President such
number be majority Of the whole number OF elect
appointed and person have a majority, then,
from the Two highest numbers the list the Seuate
shall choose the Vice President quorum for the pcr
pose shall consist OF two thirds OF the whole number
of Senator's aud majority OF the whole number shall
be necessary to a choice
8. No person cousttutionay ineligible to the Office
of President shall be eligible that Of Vice President
OF the Confederate States.
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 throughout the
Confederate States.
7. No person except natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, citizen thereof the time Of
the adoption OF The Constitution, Citizen thereoi
born ia the United States prior the 10th Of Decen
ber, 1850, shall be eligible the office President
neither shall any person be eligible TO that office wh0
shall nct have attained the age OF thirty i've years
and been fourteen years a resident within the limits
OF the Confederate States, as they may exist al the
| time OF his election.
s. In OF the removal of the President from OF
fee of his death, resignation, inability 10 dis
charge the powers and duties Of the said Office the
same shall devolye the ice President; and the
| gress may, by law, provide for tie removal
DEATH resignation, liability both OF the Presiden
and Vice President, declaring what ocer shall theI
President and such officer shall accordingl-
until the disability be removed or President shall b
| eleetsss
O. The President shall, at stated times receive 70
hs services compensation which shall neither be il
creased nor diminished during the period for which
shall have been elected ana he shall not receys with
that period other ernolument from the Corfet
| crate States, any Of them.
TO- Before he enters on the execution Of his odac'
| he shall take the following oath or afnrmstion:
fully execute the once Of President Of ths oonfsders
States, and wiii 10 the best Of my ability, pressfs
protect and defend The Constitution thsreof" -