Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-27
kARTICLE II.
SECTION /.

l. The executive power shall be vested in Presi
dent OF the Confederate States OF America he aud the
Vice President shall hold their offices for the term Of
six years but President shall be chg Ole
The Pr, sideni and Vice President shall be elected
follows:
2 Each Ssate shall appoint, in such manner the
legislature thereof may direct, number OF electors
equal the whole number OF Senators and Represen
atyes TO xhich the State may be entitled in the Con
gress: but no Senator or Representative or person
holding office of trust profit under The Coheder
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, least, shall not be inhabiIant ol
the same State with themselves; they shall name
their ballots the person voted President, aud
distinct ballots the voted for as Vice President
and they shall make distinct lists of all pereons voted
for President and oi all persons voted Tor Vice
President and OF the number OF votes for each which
list they shall sign and certify, aud transmit sealed,
10 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
Representatives. open all the certificates, and the
vote shall then be counted; the person hsyng the
greatest number OF votes for President shall be the
President, if such number be minority Of the whole
number of electors appointed; and If no person have
such majority, then, IRON the persons having the
highest numbers, not exceeding rec, the list of
those yoted for President the house OF Represen
tatyes shall choose Immediately, by ballot, the Presi
dent But IN choosing the President the shall be
taken by States the representation from each State
having vote; quorum for this purpose shall con
sist of q member or members from two thirds OF the
States, and majority of all the States shall be
sary 10 choice And If the House of Representative
whenever
choice shall devoye upon them before the fourth day
of March next following then the Vice President shall
act President, as ia case Of the death other
stitutional disability Of the President.
I. 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
appointed: aud If no person have majority, then
from the two highest numbers the list The Sen2te
shall choose the Vice President quorum for the par
pose shall consist OF twothirds Of the whole number
OF Senator'S and q maorty of the whole number shall
be necessary to choice
8. No person consttutionaily ineligible the Office
Of President shall be eligible that Of Yics President
OF the Confederate states
9. The Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors, and the day which they give their
votes; which day shall be the same throughout The
Confederate Statss-
Z. No person except a natural born citizen Of the
Confederate States, citizen thereof al the time Of
the adoption Of the Constitution or citizen thereof
born ID tne United States prior 10 the 10th OF Dscen
Der isou, small De eligible to the office Of President
neither shall any person be esioie 10 that Office
shall not have attained the age Of thirty i've years
and been fourteen years Resident within the limits
OF the Confederate States, they may exist a. The
time OF his election
q. In case OF the removal of the President from of
&c., or q his DEATH resignation or inability to dis
charge the powers aud duties Of the said office, the
same shah devolye the Vice President and the u
gress may, by law, provide for the OF removal
death, resignation, inability both Of the President
and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then
act a. President, and such oncer shall
until the disability be removed President shall BE-
eiectsde
B. The President shall al stated times. receive 20,
hIs services compensation which shall seither be
creased diminished during the period for which
shall have besn elected and he shall receive with
'hss psriod an otlsr emoiament from ths conisd
crate States, or any Of them.4 zss-s
10, Before be enters on the execution of his once
he shail take the following cath or af1rt stlon:
y s9.cass q: oes x ssasas s q The
States and WILL 70 The bsst Of my ability, preserve
protect and dsfsnd The Constitution thsrsof'" =