to the Office of President; neither
shall any
Person be eligible to that
Office who shall not have attained to
the Age of thirty five Years, and
been fourteen Years a President within
the United States.

In Case of the Removal of the
President from Office, or of his Death,
Resignation, or Inability to discharge
the Powers and Duties of the said
Office, the Same shall devolve on the
Vice President, and the Congress may
by Law provide for the Case of Re=
moval, Death, Resignation
bility, both of the President and Vice
President, declaring what Officer shall
then act as President, and such Offi=
cer shall act accordingly, until the
Disability be removed, or a President

shall be elected.

or Ina

The President shall, at stated

Times, receive for his Services, a Com=
pensation, which shall neither be en=
creased nor diminished during the Pe=
riod for which he shall have been
elected, and he shall not receive within
that Period any other Emolument from
the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution
his Office, he shall take the following
Oath or Affirmation

swear

of

"I do solemnly (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Of= fice of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Con= stitution of the United States."

Section. 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of

Requirements.

His oath.

Powers and duties of the President.

Making treaties

ment of

public offi

the United States; he

may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Depart= ments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; Appoint and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States,

cers.

whose Appointments
otherwise provided for, and which shall

be established by Law: but the Con= gress may by Law vest the Appoint= ment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

may

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that happen during the Recess of the Sen= ate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

and

Vacancies in office

powers and dutie of the Pre sident.

Section. 3. He shall from time to Further time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recom= mend to their Consideration such Mea= sures as he shall judge necessary expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disa= greement between them, with Respect

Receive ambassa

dors, &c.

Commis

sion officers

Impeachment.

Of the Judicial pow

ers.

may

to the Time of Adjournment, he adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Am= bassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Com= mission all the officers of the United States.

Section. 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Con= viction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

one

Article III.

Section. 1. The judicial Power of

the United States, shall be vested in supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The