IV.  Amerika,  1357  193.  Ver.  St.  v.  Am.

devolve  on  the  Vice-President,  and  the  Congress  may  by  law  provide  for  the  case
of  removal,  death,  resignation,  or  inability,  both  of  the  President  and  Vice-President,
declaring  what  officer  shall  then  act  as  President,  and  such  officer  shall  act  accordingly,
  until  the  disability  be  removed  or  a  President  shall  be  elected.

The  President  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  his  services  a  compensation,
which  shall  neither  be  increased  nor  diminished  during  the  period  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  of  his  office,  he  shall  take  the  following  oath
or  affirmation:  ‘I  do  solemnily  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  faithfully  execute  the
office  of  President  of  the  United  States,  and  will,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  preserve,
protect  and  defend  the  Constitution  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  the  United  States;  he  may  require  the  opinion,  in  writing,  of
the  principal  officer  in  each  of  the  executive  departments,  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;  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,  whose  appointments  are  not  herein  otherwise
provided  for,  and  which  shall  be  established  by  law;  but  the  Congress  may  by  law
vest  the  appointment  of  such  inferior  officers,  as  they  think  proper,  in  the  President
  alone,  in  the  courts  of  law,  or  in  the  heads  of  departments.

The  President  shall  have  power  to  fill  up  all  vacancies  that  may  happen  during
the  recess  of  the  Senate,  by  granting  commissions  which  shall  expire  at  the  end  of
their  next  session.

Section  3.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  give  to  the  Congress  information  of  the
state  of  the  Union,  and  recommend  to  their  consideration  such  measures  as  he  shall
judge  necessary  and  expedient;  he  may,  on  extraordinary  occasions,  convene  both
Houses,  or  either  of  them,  and  in  case  of  disagreement  between  them,  with  respect
to  the  time  of  adjournment,  he  may  adjourn  to  such  time  as  he  shall  think  proper;
he  shall  receive  ambassadors  and  other  public  ministers;  he  shall  take  care  that  the
laws  be  faithfully  executed,  and  shall  commission  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  conviction  of,  treason,
bribery,  or  other  high  crimes  and  misdemeanors.

Article  IH.  .
Section  1.  The  judicial  power  of  the  United  States  shall  be  vested  in  one
Supreme  Court,  and  in  such  inferior  courts  as  the  Congress  may  from  time  to  time