Clement's Civil Government; Studies of the Federal Constitution (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1888 Excerpt: ... Article II. The Executive Department. Section 1. President And Vice-president. Clause 1. The Chief Executive.--The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the vice-president chosen for the same term, be elected as follows. "The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America." This is merely a declaration that the executive power shall be vested in one man, and that the title of such chief executive shall be "President of the United States of America." Term Of Office Of The President And Vice-president. "He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the vice-president chosen for the same term, be elected as follows." The Constitution does not declare the President to be ineligible for a re-election for any number of terms, but no man has yet served more than two terms as president, and I believe that "no man shall serve more than two terms as president of our republic" has become one of the unwritten but generally recognized laws of the people of the Union. Clause 2. Presidential Electors; Number, How And By Whom Chosen. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress, but no senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector. "Each State shall appoint... electors." This denies to the Territories the right to assist the States in their choice of a President or a Vice-President. In each State the electors are chosen "in such manner as the legislature...