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Show 104 rl'll~ .l!'.i!:D I~H.A L CO.N V BN'l'lON. top;ethcr with the Vice-President, chosen for the same term, be clectc(l as followH: . Ba ·h State hull appoint, in such mnnnrr ns the lq~n~la-ture tl lCIC. O f 111'n y clircct ' 'a numhcr of Blrc·.t ors, equal . to the W1l O1e nutnJl e [. of senn• lorH• and rf'J)rcsrn tnt 1 vrs to w htch the oo ln. t e may be ,11Lit.lcd in the .Congrrss; hnt no senator or rcpreHentaLivo, or person holding an office of.trnst. fJt' profit under tho United States, shall be appomlcd nn Bleetor. 'l'he Congress mn,y determine the Lime o~ C'hoo~ing the Blectors, nnd the day on which they shall p;tve then· voles; which dny f:iludl be the sam throu ghout. the United StateR. No person except a natural-born citi~cn, or a citizen of the United States, at the Lime of" the a<loplion of' tllis ConHtitut ion, ·hall l>e eligible to the ofiice of President; neither ~:~hall any pen;on be eligible to that o!lice who Hhall Hot have altained LO t.lte age of" thirty-five yean;, am] been fomlee11 years a resident wit.hin the United States. In ca. e of tho removal of the President, from ofliee, or of his dra.th, rc. ignation, or inability to <.liseha. rg-c the powers nncl clnlies of the said ofTicc, the Rnme .· hall devolve on the Vicc-Presiuent, and Con{rress may by law provide for the case of rcmovnl, death, r •signn,tion, or inability, hoth of the President and Vice-Pre. ident, dcclarinp; what officer shall then net as President, anfl Rneh ofliccr sha11 act accol'(lingly, until the disability be removed, or n President slmll be elected. The President shall, nt stated times, receive for his .crvices a compensation, whi ch shnll tH•ithcr be increnscd nor diminished during- the period for which he shall hnve been elected, nn<l he shal l not rcceivr within thai period a11y other emolnmcni from the United tnl cs or any of t!t(•m. :Before he e11lcr on the execution ol" his ofliee, he shall take the following oath 01' n mrmation : "I do solomllly Hw<·<.~r (or aflirm) that I will faithfully ' 1'111~ FEUl~ ' AI, "0:'\Vl~.:\ ' I' Jo~. 10,) execute the offiee of Prf' ~:~ i<lcnt, of the 1 11il<'<l Statrs, ancl will, to the he:t of lilY ability, pn·scrve, protect, n.11d defend the onstitution of the U11ilcd ~.""t :liC' s. " /-),Tfiun 2. 'l'he Pn·si dc·nt :ll:lll be <·ommandrr-in-C'IIi c·!" of thr army and nnvy of the· U1titcd 8Lntc·s, <l tHI of tl1c lltil itia of t hr severn! Rtat cs, wh('n caliC'd into the n ('( ual S<' r vie<· of Ill<' 1T!ti tccl Stales; h ' tllny n·quin' the opinion, in writing-, of tltc principal uffic cr in C:l('h of Lite cxc(~ntivo dq>artm ents, upon nny subject rcl:tting· to the tluticH of" their respective oflic<'S, and he Rhn. ll have ]>O\\"CI" to grant rc•pricvcs and pard ons for ofl"cnsrs ngai11Ht the United tn.tcs, except in ca:es of" impen.clnnent. He shall have pow ' 1', hy and with the aclvice and consrnt of the enale, to nwke trenties, provi1lt:d two-thirds of tl1e s •nntors present ('Oil('llr; a1Hl he shall llO IIl inate, a11d IJy and with the udvice atHl consent of the Scnat ',shall appoint amlmHsadors, otlt '1" public lllini s tcr~ nnd collsuls, judg-es of tltc "~uprrme Court, and all other ofli cers of the United ~itn tcs, whose appoi ntmrnl. arc not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall he established hy lnw: but the Congrc. s may by law vest the appointment of sn('h in ferior offi ·crs, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the conrLH of law, or in the hc:u1s of dcpn.rtmcnls. The Prei'id ent, shall have power t.o fill up all vocnncies thn.L mn.y happen dnrinp; the recess or the Sen:tt<', by gmnting connHiHsions which shall expire at the end or their next session. 8('cfion 3. Jle shall, from time to time, give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, nnd rceomm ncl to th •ir eonRicleration snch measu res ns he shall judge ucce. sary nnd cxpcdi<•nt; he may, on cxt raonlinnry occasions, convene both ITonscs, or <•ithet· of them, twd in cnso of disn,grccment lJctwecn Lltctn, with respect to the time of adjournment., he mny n.cljourn th em to HIICh time ns he shall think proper; he shall re ·cive n.mhnssn.dor: ntHl other public |