Year: 1861

/ The executive power shall be vested in Presi-
dent 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 reelgble
The Pr, sident 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
tatves which the State my be entitled in the Con
press: but no Senator or Representative, person
holding office of trust profit Under the Coneder
ate States, shall be appointed an elector.


g. The electors shall meet 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
their ballots the person voted Tor Paesent and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President
and they shall make distinct lists of all perrons voted
for as President, and of all persons voted for Vice
President and Of the numb of votes for each which


list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed,
to the government of the Confederate States directed
to the President of the Senate the President of the
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 totes for President shall be the
President, if such number be jOrity 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 voted for President, the House of Reprtsen
tatives shall choose Immediately by ballot the Pres-
dent. But choosing the President, the vote shall be
taken by States the representation from each State
having vote; quorum for this purpose shall
sist of member or members from two-thrds of the
States, and majority of all the States shall be
sary a choice And if the House of Representatives
d
choice shall deyove upon them, before the fourth day
of March next following then the Vice Ident shall
act President, in of the death other con-
stitutional disability Of the President.


4. The person having the greatest number OF votes
as Vice President shall be the Vice President sneh
number be majority OF the whole number oi eiece
ors appointed; andif no person have maIora ns
from the two highest numbers ON the Inst Tue ene
shall choose the Vice President quorum ior te
pose shall consist Of twothirds OF the wnoie noe,
of Senators, and majority oi the wnoie nu'ei si'
| be necessary to a choice ,,.,,u,n,. ~ thu oesoa
of President shall eligible 10 that of Vice PRESIDENT
. 9 NAV determine the time OF choosing
the ELECTORS aud the day which they shall give their
votes which day shall be the same throughout the
= No person except a natural born citizen Of the
Confederate States citizen thereof the time Of
the adoption Of the Constitution, or citizen thereof
horn in the United States prior the 10th Of pscen
ber 1850 shall be eligible TO the Office Of President
neither shall any person be eligible % that oiee who
shall not have attained the age OF thirty nve years
and been fourteen years rsident within the limits
Of the Confederate States they may exist Al the
time OF his election.


s. In case OF the removal Of the President from Of
fee or OF his death, resignation, inability 10 dis
charge the powers and duties Of the said oice the
same shall devolve the Vice President; and the
gress may, by law, provide for the case OF removal,
DEATH resignation, inability both of the President
aud Vice President, declaring what officer shall then
act as President and such efcer shall accordingly
until the disability be removed President shall he
| elected


O. The President SHALL at stated times, receive foI
his services compensation which shall neither be in
creased nor diminished during the period for which hi
shall have been elected and he shall not receive with


IN that period other emolument from the Conied
crate States, or any o. them.


10. Before be enters the execution Of his Office
be shall take the following oath or afirmatlon:


fully execute the once Of President Il the omfederat


etafss and WILL % The best of my ability, preservs


protest and defend tbs Consultation thereof"