THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
I. The term "Electoral College" means the presidential Electors
when assembled as a body to cast the vote for President and Vice-
President
II. Each State may provide by law for the filling of any vacancy
which may exist in its college of electors, when such college
meets to cast its electoral vote.
ELIGIBILITY.
I. No person shall hold the office, either of President or Vice-
President, except native born citizens, or those who were in this
country at the time of the adoption of the Constitution.
II. The candidate must have been a resident of the United States
for fourteen years.
III. He must be at the time of his election thirty-five years of
age.
DUTIES.
Q. What are some of the duties of the President?
A. I. He is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United
States.
II. And of the Militia of the several States when called into the
actual service of the United States.
III. He has power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences
against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.
IV. He has power to make treaties when two-thirds of the Senate
present concur.
V. He nominates, and, by and with the consent of the Senate of the
United States, appoints Ambassadors, Public Ministers, Consuls,
Judges of the United States Courts, and all other United States
officers not otherwise provided for.
VI.
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