Year: 1861

I The executive power shall be vested in q Presi-
dent the Confederate States OF America de and the
Vice President shall hold their offices for the term OF
six years. but the President shall not be reeIgioe-
The siden and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
legislature thereof may direct, number of electors
equal TO the whole number OF senators and Represen
tatyes to which the State may be entitled IN the Con
gress but no senator Representative, or person
holding Office of trust profit under the Conieder
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
their ballots the person voted Tor as Paesident and In
distinct ballots the person voted for VicePresdent,
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
they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed,
TO the 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
vote shall then be counted; the person having the
greatest number Of votes for President shall be the
President, if such number be majority OF the whole
number OF electors appointed; and no person have
such majority, then, from the persons having tue
highest numbers not exceeding three, the list OF
those voted President, the House OF Represen
tatives 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 VOTE quorum for this purpose shall con-
sist of member or members from two-thirds ol the
States and majority of all the States shall be neces-
saryto choice. And il the House Of Representative
shall not choose President, whenever the rlght ol
choice shall devove upon then before the fourth day
of March next following then the Vice PresIdeni shall
act President in of the death or other c"
stitutonal disability OF the President -.


f. The person having the greatest NUMBER "i so'ee
as Vice President shall be the Vice Preslasn'l soN
number be a majority of the whole hahoei VI 80
ors appointed and if person have naIoi .neIl
from the two highest numbers ON tne Is' .ns ncia.e
shall choose the Vice President; quorum lof the puf-
nose shall consist of two-thrds OF the whole number
Of Senators, and ma5orsy III sae "''e 'SA-ei eN-Ai
De oonsritntionally Ineligible 10 the ONCE


of President shall eligible To thai OF Vice Presideni


q the Congress may determine the time Of choosing
the ELECTORS the day which they shall give their
votes: which day shall be the throughout the
Confederat te States


= No person except a natural born citizen OF the
Confederate States citizen thereof al the time o
the adoption Of the Constitution or citizen Thereof
born In the United States prior the 10th OF Decem
ber 1860 shall be eligible TO the Office Of President
neither shall any person be eligible 10 that office who
shall not have attained the age Of thirty five years
and been fourteen years resident within the limit
Of the Confederate States, as they may exist al ih
time of his election.


g. In case Of the removal Of the President from Of


ace, or Of his death resignation or inability 70 DIS
same shall devolve the Vice President and the Con
gress may, by iaw, provide Tor the OF removal
DEATH res,enataon or inability both Of the Prssiden
act as President, and such officer shall act accordngl
until the disability be removed or President shall
elected


O. The President shall, a, stated times, receive 70
hs services Empensation which shall neither be y
creased diminished during the period for which
shall have been elected aud he shall not recese WI
| crate states, or any Of them. $3.50 s.s..


no. Before he s1ters on the execution Of his ou'os


be shall take the following cath or % m ss,,,


f,,x sSssnss ne once of President Of the cnfstsrA


ststse md wil 90 the best Of my ability, prsssrv


protect sad defend the Constitution 'heFso''