Year: 1861

l. The executive power shall be vested in Presi-
dent of the Confederate States of America He and the
Vice President shall hold their offices for the term OF
years. but the President shall not be reeligble-
The Pr sident and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:


q Each Ssate shall appoint, in such manner as the
legislature thereof may direct, number OF electors
equal the whole number of senators and Represen
tatives TO xhich the my be entitled in the Con
gress: but no senator or representative person
holding Office of trust profit Under the Conieder
ate States, shall be app polnted an eector


g. The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot for Presldent and Vice President
of whom, at least shall not be an lnhaDltant oi
the same State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted Tor Paesldent and III
distinct ballots the person voted for as NlcePresldent
they shall make distinct lists OF all pereons voted
for as President of all voted Tor as VICE
President and OF number Of votes for each, which
list they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed
TO the of the Confederate States directed
10 the President the Senate; the President OF the
Senate shall the presence OF the Senate ana Rouse
of Representatives, open all the ceruncales ana te
vote shall then be counted; the person haYing the
greatest number of for President Shall be the
President if such number be majority OF the whole
number of electors appointed and II no person nave
such majority then, from the persons having the
highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the ist oi
those voted for as Fresident the House oi ePr @
dent But IN choosing the President the vote shall be
taken by States the representation from eaeh state
having vote; quorum FOR TINS purpose sIan CON
sist of a member or members from twothrds OF The


states and majority of all the States shall De necs
sary to choice And L the House ol , s
choice shall devove upon them before the fourth day
of March next following, then the Vice President Shall
act as President in OF the death or other con-
gtitutional disability OF the President


T. The person having the greatest mum Der OF votes
as Vice President shall be the Vice President, such
number be majority OF the whole number OF eject
ors appointed: and if no person have majority then,
from the highest numbers On the list the Senate
shall choose the Vice PRESIDENT quorum Tor tie pur
nose shall consist of othirds of the whole number
of Senator'S and majority OF the wnoe NUMBER snan
be necessary to choice


& No person consttutionaly ineligible 10 the Office
of President shall be eligible TO that OF Vice President
of the Confederate states.


s 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
Confederate States


= No person except natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, citizen thereof, the time Of
the adoption of the Constitution, citizen thereof
born in the United States prior 10 the Goth of Dece
ber 1850, shall be eligible the office of President
neither shall any person be eligibe that Office who
shall not have attained the age of thirty I'VE years.
and been fourteen years resident within the limits
of the Confederate States as they may exist the


s. In case OF the removal of the President from Of
fee, or Of his DEATH resignation inability TO dis
charge the powers and duties of the said Office, the
same shall devoive the Vice President; and the Gun
gress may, by Law, provide for the case Of removal
DEATH resignation inability both Of the President
and Vice President declaring what officer shall then
&C. as President and such officer shall act accordingly
until the disability be removed or President shall be


o. The President shall At stated times. receive for
bus services compensation which shall neither be
creased nor diminished during the period fer which be
shall have been elected and he shall not receive with
IN that period anv other emolument from the coufed
crate States, or any of them s.-tsS -
To- Before he enters the execution OF his oice,
he sha take the following oath or snl5nst,oa;
fully the once Of Pessdent Of The oonfederate
Ssstes and will % the best Of my abiiityt preserve
| project and defend ths Consultation thsrs'f