Chapter XXXIX

§1. In whom is the executive power of the nation vested?

§2. For what reasons was this power given to one person only?

§3. Why were four years agreed on as the official term?

§4. By whom is the president elected? Has the mode of election ever been altered?

§5. By what authority is the manner of choosing the electors prescribed? By whom are they chosen at present?

§6. In what manner are they chosen? Describe particularly the election by general ticket. When are electors chosen?

§7. Where and when do the electors vote for president? How, when, and to whom, are certificates of their votes sent?

§8. When, where, and by whom are the votes counted? How is the election determined? If no person has a majority of all the votes, by whom is the election made? How do the members vote?

§9. Describe the election of president by the house in 1825.

§10. How is the vice-president elected if there is no choice by the electors?

§11. What are the qualifications of the president and vice-president?

§12. How is a vacancy in the office of president supplied? What further provision is made for supplying vacancies?

§13. Why may not the salary of a president be increased or diminished?

§14. When does the presidential term commence and expire?