Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-23
ARTICLE ii.
SECTION l.

l. The executive power shall be vested in a Pres-
dent of the Confederate states of America He and the
Vice President shall hold their Offices for the Of
six years; but the President shall not be re-egible-
The Prt sdent and Vice President shall be elected
follows:
2 Each Ssate shall appoint, in such manner as the
legislature thereof may direct number OF electors
equal TO the whole number of Senators and Represen
taives TO Ghich the State may be entitled IN the Con-
gress; but no Senator or Representative, person
holding Office of trust profit Under tie Confeder
States, shall be appointed an electoT.
8. The electors shall in their respective States
and by ballot for President and Vice President,
OF whom, at least, shall not be an inhsbitant Of
the same State with themselves; they shall in
their ballots the person voted or as Paesident and in
distinct ballots the person voted for Presdent
and they shall make distinct lists of all pereons voted
for 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
the of the Confederate States directed
To the President of the Senate the President OF the
Senate 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 miJorlly oil the WHole
number of electors appointed and if person have
such majority, then, from the persons having the
highest numbers not exceeding three on the lst oi
those voted for President, the House Of teprese
tatves shah choose Immediately, by ballot the Pres
dent But choosing the President, the vote shall be
taken by States, the representation ifoul eeh stAte
having vote; quorum for this puTpos. shall con
sist of n member or members FROM twOthrds oi The
States and majority of all the States shall be neces
sary 10 choice. And il the House OF reSentatiyes
shall not choose President, wheneyeS the right oi
choice shall devolve upon them before The fourth day
OF March next following, then the Vice Pre- ident shall
act as President of the death or otheT con
4 stitutional disability Of the President
| a The person having the greatest number o Sotes
as Vice President shall be the Vice Presideht suen
number be majority OF the whole huios i,, u ,h
ors appointed: and no person have tnaIolig .en
from the two highest numbers on the Inst the senate
snail choose the Vice Prcsident quorum Tor tae Pnr
nose shall consist Of tgothrds OF the whoie number
of senators and majority Of the whole number shall
4 be necessary to a choice
s No person consttutionay ineligible 10 the of6ce
of President shall be eligible 10 lhAl VI wee fTseIi
of the Confederate States
q 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 tEroug bout tie
Confederate States
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 Emitted States prior 10 the 10th OF Dscen
ber 1850, shall be eligible TO the office Of President
neither shall any person be eligible TO thai oce who
shall not have attained the age OF thirty nye years
and been fourteen years resident within ine limits
Of the Confederate States as they may exist al te
| time Of his election. -
s. In case Of the removal Of the President from Of
fee or Of his death, resignation or inability 10 dis
charge the powers and duties Of the said ONCE, the
same shall devolse the Vice Presldenf and the C-
gress may by law, provide for the case OF removal
death resignation, inability both Of the President
and Vice President declaring what oicer shall then
ACT as President, and such officer shall act accordingly
until the disability be removed or President shall Be
elected
@ The President shall al stated times. receive fcT
his services compensation which shall neither be IN
creased diminished during the period for which ns
shall have been elected and he shall not receive with
| crate States, or any Of them
| 10 Before he enters On the execution OF MS once
he shah take the following oath or aihrmailon;
| 81 do soleinnly {or affirm that VIII ialn
fully execute the ofee Of President OF the ConeaeIass
Ssatss and wi 10 the best Of my ability, preserve
protect end dsfe7d the Constitution thereof"