Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-04
PARTICLE II.
SECTION j.

l. The executive power shall be vested in Presi-
dent of the Confederate States of America He
Vice President shall hold their offices for the term OF
six years but the President shall be reeligbe
The Pr, sident and Vice President shall be elected
follows:
legislature thereof may direct, number OF electors
equal to whole number OF Senators and Represen
tatiyes to which the 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 eector.
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 same State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the voted tor as Paesdent and II
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President
and they shall make distinct lists of all pereons voted
for as President and of all persons voted for Vice
President and of the number of votes for each which
list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed,
10 the government of the Confederate Staes directed
70 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
vote shall then be counted; the person having the
greatest number of votes for President shall be the
President, if such number be m sjority 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, the List of
those for President, the House of Represen
tatives shall choose immediately by ballot the Presi
dent But IN choosing the President the shall be
taken by States, the representation from each State
ayng one vote: quorum for this purpose shall con-
sst of a member members from othirds of the
States and majority of all the States shall be
sary TO choice. And if the House of Representatives
choice shall devolve upon them before the fourth day
of March following, then the Vice President shall
President, in of the death other con-
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; andh no person have majority, then,
from the two highest numbers the list the Senate
shall choose the Vice President; quorum for the pur
pose shall consist of twothirds Of the whole number
OF Senator's and majority OF the whole number shall
be necessary TO choice.
s. No person constitutionally ineligible TO the ONCE
of President shall be eligible that Of Vice President
of the Confederate States
6. The Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors and the day which they shall give their
votes; which day shall be the same throughout the
Z. No person except natural born citizen of the
Confederate States citizen thereof at the time OF
the adoption Of the Constitution, citizen thereof
born in the United States prior 10 the 10th of Dsce
Der, 1850, shall be eligible the ofhce Of President
neither shall any person be eligible 70 that Office who
shall not have attained the age Of thirty five years
and been fourteen years resident within the limits
Of the Confederate States as they NAV exist at the
time OF his election. q si.'- --a
s. In Of the removal Of the President from Of
nee, or OF his death, resignation or inability TO dis
charge the powers and duties Of the said once, the
same shall devolve the Vice PRESIDENT the Con
gress may, by law, provide for the case Of removal
DEATH resignation, inability both Of the Presden
and Vice President, declaring what officer shall ther
act as President and such officer shall act accordingly
until the disability be removed President shall b
9. The President SHALL at stated times receive 70
his services compensation which shall neither be in
creased nor diminished during the period for which
shall have been elected; and he shall not receive will
in that period other emolument from the Corfoc
| crate States, or any Of them.
10. Before be entsrs on the execution Of hs od,c<
81 do solemnly swear ior asnrml that i Win fsifk
states, w g tss bsss 9 ny ssisy, fss pssssrv.
protect and defend shs Constitution thgeof:"