Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-08-02
ARTICLE II.
SECTION i.

l. The executive power shall be vested in Presi-
dent of the Confederate of America He and the
Vice President shall hold their offices for the term OF
six years. but the President shall not be reeiglble.-
The Pr sdent and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
legislature thereof may direct number OF electors
equal to the whole number OF Senators and Repreen
tatiyes TO which the State may be entitled in the Con
gress: but no Senator Representative, person
holding office of trust profit under the Confeder
ate States shall be appointed an elector.
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 inhabitant of
the same State with themselves; they shall name in
ballots the person voted Tor as President and IN
distinct ballots voted for Vice President
and they shall make distinct lists of all pereOns voted
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 government of the Confederate Sates directed
to 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 the
rots ebaU then he counted. the person having the
greatest number of votes for President shall be the
President, such number be majority OF the whole
number of electors appointed; and if no person have
such majority, then, from the persons having the
highest numbers not exceeding three, on the list Of
those voted President, the House of Represen
tatyes shall choose Immediately, by ballot, the Pres
dent But in choosing the President the vote shall be
taken by States, the representation from each state
having one vote quorum for this purpose shall con-
sist of member members from two thirds OF the
States and majority of all the states shall be neces
s4ry TO choice. And if the House of Representatives
shall not choose President whenever the right OF
choice shall devolve upon hem before the fourth day
of March following, then the Vice President shall
act as President OF the oeatn OF OtAeI con
stitutjonal disability of the President.
L. The person having the greatest number OF votes
as Vice President shall be the Vice President, snch
number be a majority Of the whole number oi elect
ors appointed: andn no person have majority Inen
from the highest numbers on the Inst the SENATE
shall choose the Vice President quorum Tor the pur
pose shall consist of twothirds OF the whole number
Of Senator's and majority Of the whole number shal
be necessary TO choice.
s No person constitutionally Ineligible to the ofic
of President shall be eligible To that oi Vice Preslden
| OF the Confederate States
1 g. The Congress may determine the time Of choosing
the electors and the day on which they shall give thei
| yotes which day snail De the same throughout III
| Confederate States
| T. No person except natural born citizen OF tn
Confederate States, citizen thereof, the time
the adoption Of the Constitution, citizen thereG
born in the United States prior the 10th Of Dscen
ber, 1850, shall be eligible 20 the Office of President
neither shall any person be eligible 10 thai Office VIII
shall not have attained the age OF thirty live year
and been fourteen years resident within the hmi
of the Confederate States, As they may exist at u
time OF his election.
s. In case of the removal of the President from o
fee, Of his death, resignation, inability to di
charge the powers and duties OF the said Office, u
shall devolve the Vice President and the Col
| gress may, by law, provide for the Of remova
DEATH resignation, or inability both OF the Presidel
and Vice President, declaring what officer shall. The
sct as President and such officer shall act according
until the disability be removed or President shall
elected.
g. The President shall, at stated times, receive
his services compensation which shall neither be
shall have been elected and he shall not receive vii
in that period anv other emolument from the COME
crate States, or any Of them
TO- Before he enters on the execution o. hls eu'l
: be shall take the following oath or afrmat,en
fuy execute he once Of President of Ihe onsdsrs
States, and will % he best Of my sDsss,
protect and defend NE conssitus'on wv