Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-27

under which case OF imptaohmen' o"'
be instituted: An
II The House of Representatives shal
, choose their Speaker and other officers
and shall have the sole power Of impeach
ment.--Article |, section 2, clause D. :.
The Senate shall have the sole powel
to try all impeachments. When sitiinf
for that purpose, they shall be on oath o.
affirmation. When the President OF the
United States is tried, the Chief Justice
shall preside; and no person shall be
convicted without the concurrence oil
ftwo-thirds of the members present-'Sec-
fion 3, cidusc6. adj,
Judgment in cases of impeachment
shall not extend further than the reno
val from office, and disqualification to
hold and enjoy any Office OF honor, trust
or profit under the United States; but
the party convicted shall nevertheless be
liable and subject to indictment. trial,
Judgment aud punishment according to
law Clause 7th. lnl .i- d.
The President, Vice-President, and
all civil officers of the United States
lshall be removed from Office on impeach-
ment for and conviction Of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and mis-
demeanors.-Arficie 2, section 49,
In case of the removal Oft the President
! from Office, or of bis death, resignation
or inability to discharge the powers and
duties of the said office, the same shall
devolye on the Vice President, and the
Congress may by law provide for the case
Of removal, death, resignation, or ina
bility, both of the President and the Vice
President, declaring what officer shall
then act as President, and such officer
shall act accordingly, until the disability
be removed or President elected. Ar
ticle 2, section l..
The following is what is called the Te-
+nure-o Office bill, which it is pretended
has been violated by Mr.. johnson, and
which passed ovef his veto by the con-
stiutional majority Of two-thirds on the
I'd Of March, 1867:
CHAR. CLIV.-TESURE OF Civil OFF
cEs.-Regulates the tenure of certain
civil Offices.
SECTION /. Persons holding or APP
pointed to any civil office by andwith the
advice and consent of the Senate, shall
be entitled to hold such Office until sue
cessor shall have been in like manner
appointed and duly qualified The Sec
retaries of State, Of the Treasury, of
War, of the Navy, and of the Interior,
the Postmaster General and the A.tor-
ney General, shall hold their Offices re-
spectively for and during the term ofthe
President by whom they may have been
appoisted and for one month thereafter,
subject to removal by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate.
SKc. 2. When civil officers, excepting
Judges of the United States Courts, shall,
during a recess Of the Senate, be shown,
by evidence satisfactory to the Presi.
dent, to be guilty of misconduct in Office,
or crime, or for any reason shall become
incapable or legally disqualified to per-
form its duties, in such case, the Presi-
dent may suspend such officer and de-
signate some suitable person to perform
temporarily the duties of such Office
until the next meeting of the Senate, and
until the case shall be acted upon by the
Senate. Such persons shall take the
oatbs and give the bonds required by
law. In such case it shall be the duty of
the President, within twenty days after
the meeting of the Senate, to report to the
Senate such suspension, with the
evidence and reasons for his action in the
case, and the name of the person so
designated TO perform the duties of such
Office. If the Senate concurs, the Presi-
dent may remove the officer and appoint
a successor. IF the Senate does not con-
cur, the suspended officer resumes his
Office, and receives again the official
salary and emoluments. The President,
in case he shall become satisfied that the
suspension by him of civil officer was
made on insufficient grounds, shall be
authorized, at any time before reporting
the suspension to the Senate, to revoke
.he suspension end re;nsta,e tho officer
in the performance of the duties Of bis
Office. ~ aaR
SEC. 3. The President shall have
power to fill all vacancies which may
happen during the recess of the Senate,
by reason of death or resignation, by
granting commissions which shall expire
at the end of their next session. And if
no appointment, by aud with the advice
and consent OF the Senate, shall be made
to such office so vacant or temporarily
filled during the next session of the Sem
ate, the Office shall remain in allegiance,
without any salary, fees, or emouments
attached thereto, until il shall be filled
by appointment thereto, by and with the
advice and consent Of the Senate; and
during such time all the powers and
duties belonging to the Office shall be ex-
ercised by such other officer as may by
law exercise such powers and duties in
case af a vacancy in such Office. -
SEC. 4. No term of office, the duration
of which is limited by law, shall be ex-
tended by this act.
SEC 5. Persons accepting or exercising
office contrary 10 this act are declared to
be guilty of high misdemeanor, and,
upon trial and conviction thereof, shall
be punished by fine not exceeding $lO,'
900, or by Imprisonment, not exceeding
five years, or both.
SEC. 6. Every removal, appointment,
or employment, made, had, or exercised,
contrary to the provisions Of this act,
and the making, signing, sealing, coun-
tersigning, or issuing of any commission
or letter Of authority for or in respect to
any such appointment or employment,
are declared to be high misdemesnors,
and, upon trial and conviction thereof,
persons guilty thereof shall be punished
by fine not exceeding $4,000, or by
imprisonment, not exceeding FIVE years,
or both; prorided, that tie President
shall have power to make out snd de-
liver, after the adjournment Of the
Senate, commissions for all officers
whose appointment shall have been adj
visad and consented to by the Senate.
SEC. Z. Il shall be the duty Of the Sec
rotary of the Senate, at the close OF each