Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-02
ARTICLE II.

l. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi-
dent the Confederate States of America. He and the
Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of
six years; but the President shall be re-elgibie-
The Pre- sdent 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-
tatives which the State may be entitled in the Con-
gress; but Senator Representative, person
holding Office of trust or profit Hnder the Coneder
ate States, shall be appointed an eector-
g. 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 inhabtant of
the came State with themselves; they shall in
their ballots the person voted Tor President and in
distinct ballots the person voted for Vice President
and they shall make distinct lists of all pereons voted
for as President 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,
the government of the Confederate States directed
the President of the Senate the President of the
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 votes for President shall be the
President, if such number be minority OF the whole
number OF electors app0inted and If no person have
such majority, then, from the persons having the
highest numbers not exceeding three, the list of
those voted President the House OF Represen
tatyes shall choose Immediately, by ballot, the Prei
dent But IN choosing the President the vote shall be
taken by States the representation from each State
having vote, quorum for this purpose shall con-
sist of a member members from two-thirds of the
States, and majority of all the States shall be
sary to choice. And if the House of Representatives
shall not choose PreSidenL whenever the right OF
choice shall devolve upon them before the fourth day
Of March next following, then the Vice President shall
act President as in of the death other
stitutional disability of the President
4. The person having the greatest number of votes
Vice President shall be the Vice President if such
number be majority of the whole number of elect
ors appointed: and if no person have majority then
from the two highest numbers the list the Senate
shall choose the Vice President; quorum for pur-
pose shall consist of twothirds Of the whole number
Of Senator'S and majority of the whole number shall
be necessary to choice
g. No person eonstitutionaly ineligible the Office
of President shall be eligible to that OF Vice President
g. The Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors and the day which they shall give their
votes; which day shall be the throughout the
Z. No person except natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, citizen thereof, the time o
the adoption of the Constitution, citizen there0
born IN the United States prior to the 10Th of Decem
Der 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 five years
and been fourteen years rssident within the limit
Of the Confederate States they may exist at III
/ time OF his election.
S. In Of the removal Of the President from Of
ice, or OF his death, resignation, inability to dis
charge the powers and duties Of the said ONCE Ia
same shall devoiye the Vice President and the C. u
4 gress may, by law, provide for the OF remova
death. resignation, inability both OF the PresdeE
and Vice President, declaring what officer shall the
act President and such officer shall act accoringl
until the disability be removed President shall
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g. The President SHALL al stated times receive (,
his services compensation which shall neither be i
creased nor diminished during the period for which
shall have been elected and he shall not receive wit
n that period anS other enolamenf from the Confe
| crate States, or any of them.
To- Before he enters on the execution OF his ofzc
ne snan taxe ths following oath or aifirmatlon:
fully execute the Office Of President OF the Coniedera
Staies and vii, to the best Of my ability, pressry
protest. and defead tho Constitution thereof"