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6 15
5 33
4 32
7 47
8 50
7 35
8 18
11 18
63
4
Tu
6 13
5 34
5 6
8 44
9 38
8 32
9
8
11 21
64
5
W
6 11
5 36
5 32
9 34
10 17
9 22
9 52
11 25
65
6
Th
6
9
5 37
5 53
10 15
10 50
10
4
10 28
11 28
66
7
Fr
6
7
5 39
sets
10 52
11 20
10 41
11
1
11 32
67
8
Sa
6
5
5 40
6 24
11 25
11 46
11 15
11 31
11 35
68
9
10
6
3
5 41
7 31
11 56
11 46
11 38
69
10
6
1
5 43
8 32
0 15
0 28
0
1
0 17
11 42
70
11
Tu
6
0
5 44
9 38
0 45
1 2
0 34
0 52
11 44
12
W
5 56
5 45
10 49
1 18
1 40
1 9
1 32
11 46
73
14
Fr
5 55
5 47
0 2
2 42
3 12
2 35
3
6
11 52
74 75
16
5 51
5 49
2 14
4 33
5 19
4 30
5 10
11 58
76
17
5 49
5 50
3 10
5 40
6 30
5 38
6 18
12 01
77
18
Tu
5 48
5 51
3 56
6 48
7 38
6 45
7 25
12 03
78
19
W
5 46
5 52
4 30
7 53
8 37
7 50
8 25
12 06
79
20
Th
5 44
5 53
4 59
8 52
9 29
8 48
9
18
12 09
80
21
Fr
5 42
5 54
5 21
9 48
10 20
9 43
10
8
12 12
81
22
Sa
5 40
5 55
rises
10 40
11
4
10 33
10 55
12 15
82
23
12
5 39
5 57
7 46
11 30
11 50
11 21
11 42
12 18
83
24
M
5 37
5 58
9 6
0 35
1
7
0 28
0 56
12 24
85
26
W TI
5 32
6 01
morn
2 13
2 53
2
3
2 38
12 29
87
28
Fr
5 30
6 02
0 48
3
7
3 55
2 57
3 34
12 32
*88
29
Sa
5 28
6 04
1 44
4
6
5
3
3 55
4 37
12 36
89
30
13
5 26
6 05
2 32
5 10
6 12
5
0
5 42
12 39
90
31
M
5 24
6 07
3
8
6 17
7 18
6
3
6 48
12 43
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H.M.
H.M.
H. M.
A.M.
P.M.
A.M.
P.M.
H. M.
71 72
13
Th
5 56
5 46
morn
1 58
2 22
1 45
2 15
11 49
15
Sa
5 53
5 48
1 10
3 34
4 12
3 29
4
4
11 55
84
25
5 34
6 00
11 41
1 22
1 59
1 15
1 45
12 26
86
27
Tu
5. 35
5 59
10 27
0 18
0 10
12 21
11 M
M
PORTLAND.
HIGH WATER.
New Moon .... 7 15
4-S. J. C., Augusta civil; S. C., Cumb. Co. civil; P. C., Portland, Wiscasset, Dover, Bath, Ellsworth, Biddeford. 10-P. C., Augusta. 11-S. J.C., So. Paris, Dover; P.C., Belfast, Auburn, Skowhegan, Bath. 18-S. J. C., Skowhegan; P. C., Rockland, Portland, Farmington, So. Paris, Houlton, Biddeford. 24-P. C., Augusta. 25-P. C., Bangor.
4th Month.
APRIL, 1913.
30 Days.
Moon's Phases.
D.
H. M.
D.
A. M.
New Moon ... 6 0 48 ev.
Full Moon .... 20 4 33 ev.
First Quarter.
14
0 39 mo.
Last Quarter .
28
1 9 mo.
Day of Year.
Day of Month.
Day of Week.
Sun rises.
Sun sets.
Moon rises
and sets.
Portland.
Eastport.
Length of day.
91
1
Tu
5 22
6
6
3 35
7 20
8 12
7
7
7 45
12 46
92
2
W
5 20
6
7
3 58
8 15
8 58
8
3
8 33
12 49
93
3
Th
14
5
11
6 12
sets
10 53
11
6
10 43
10 57
13
1
97
7
M
5
9
6 13
7 30
11 27
11 37
11 15
11 28
13
4
99
9
W
5
6
6 16
.9 51
0 10
0 36
0
3
0 25
13 10
101
11
Fr
5
2
6 18
morn
1 30
2 3
1 23
1 53
13 16
102
12
Sa
5
0
6 19
0 8
2 17
2 57
2 12
2 45
13 19
103
13
15
4 59
6 21
1
6
3 13
3 58
3 7
3 45
13 22
104
14
M
4 57
6 22
1 54
4 15
5 8
4 10
4 50
13 25
105
15
Tu
4 55
6 23
2 31
5 22
6 14
7 15
6 27
7
2
13 31
107
Th
4 52
6 25
3 24
7 35
8 12
7 30
8
1
13 33
108
18
Fr
4 50
6 27
3 46
8 35
9 2
8 30
8 54
13 37
109
19
Sa
4 48
6 28
4 5
9 30
9 52
9 23
9 45
13 40
110
20
16
4 47
6 29
rises
10 22
10 37
10 13
10 32
13 42
111
21
M
4 45
6 30
7 58
11 10
11 23
11
3
11 17
13 45
112
22
Tu
4 43
6 31
9 17
.. ..
00
11 48
13 48
113
23
W
4 42
6 33
10 30
0 10
0 50
0
5
0 35
13 51
114
24
Th
4 40
6 34
11 32
0 58
1 40
0 51
1 23
13 54
115
25
Fr
4 39
6 35
morn
1 48
2 35
1 39
2 13
13 56
116
26
Sa
4 37
6 36
0 24
2 42
3 33
2 30
3
7
13 59
117
27
17
4 36
6 38
1
6
3 39
4 33
3 27
4
6
14
2
118
28
M.
4 34
6 39
37
4 40
5 36
4 26
5
7
14
5
119
29
Tu
4 33
6 40
2 1
5 42
6 32
5 28
6
6
14
7
120
30
W
4 31
6 41
2 21
6 42
7 24
6 29
7
0
14 10
4
Fr
5 16
6
9
4 33
9 45
10
8
9 33
9 52
12 55
95
5
Sa
5 14
6 11
4 49
10 20
10 38
10 10
10 25
12 58
96
6
8
Tu
5
7
6 14
8 39
0 0
11 50
ยท
13
7
100
10
Th
5
4
6 17
11
2
0 48
1 19
0 41
1
7
13 28
106
16 17
W
4 53
6 24
3 0
6 30
P.M.
A. M.
P.M.
H. M.
H.M.
H.M.
H. M.
A. M.
9
9 35
8 52
9 15
12 52
5 18
6
8
4 17
94
98
PORTLAND.
HIGH WATER.
5 18
5 58
13 13
1-U. S. D. C., Portland; S. J. C., Bangor civil, Bath, Rockland, Houlton; S. C., Cumb. Co., civil; S. C., Kennebec Co., Augusta; P. C., Portland, Wiscasset, Dover, Bath, Ellsworth, Biddeford. 8-S. J. C., Portland civil, Ellsworth; P. C., Belfast, Skowhegan, Auburn, Bath, Machias. 14-P. C., Augusta. 15-S. J. C., Auburn, Belfast; P. C., Rockland, Portland, Farmington, So. Paris, Houlton, Biddeford. 22-S. J. C., Wiscasset, Calais. 28-P. C., Augusta. 29-P. C., Bangor.
5th Month.
MAY, 1913.
31 Days.
Moon's Phases.
New Moon ....
6 3 24 mo.
First Quarter.
13
6 45 mo.
Full Moon .... Last Quarter ..
27
7 4 ev.
Day of Year.
Day of Month.
Day of Week.
Sun rises.
Sun sets.
Moon rises
and sets.
Portland.
Eastport.
Length of Day
121
1
Th
4 30
6 42
2 39
7 35
8 6
7 23
7 48
14 12
122
2
Fr
4 28
6 44
2 55
8 23
8 45
8 12
8 31
14 16
123
3
Sa
4 27
6 45
3 11
9 4
9 20
8 53
9 10
14 18
124
4
18
4 25
6 46
3 29
9 42
9 53
9 32
9 47
14 21
125
5
M
4 24
6 47
3 49
10 20
10 29
10 10
10 22
14 23
126
6
Tu
4 23
6 48
sets
10 57
11
4
10 47
10 59
14 25
127
W
4 21
6 50
8 52
11 35
11 44
11 25
11 38 0 5
14 31
129
9
Fr
4 19
6 52
11
0
0 25
1
2
0 20
0 50
14 33
130
10
Sa
4 18
6 53
11 52
1 12
1 52
1
7
1 39
14 35
131
11
19
4 16
6 54
morn
2 4
2 50
1 57
2 32
14 38
132
12
M
4 15
6 55
0 31
3 0
3 48
2 53
3 31 4 33
14 42
134
14
W
4 13
6 58
1 27
6
5 51
5
0
5 37
14 45
135
15
Th
Fr
4 11
7
0
2
8
7 16
7 45
7
9
7 36
14 49
137
17
Sa
8
7
8 30
14 51
138
18
20
M
4
8
7
3
3 16
10
5
10 15
9 54
10
9
14 55
140 141
21
W
4
6
7
5
9 14
11 47
11 50
11 30
11 43
14 59
142
22
Th
Fr
4
4
7
7
11
1 0 37
1 25
0 29
1
2
15
3
144
24
Sa
4
3
7
8
11 38
1 26
2 15
1 16
1 50
15
5
145
25
21
4
2
7
9
morn
2 16
3 5
2 5
2 39
15
7
146
26
M
4
2
7
10
0 6
3
9
3 57
2 55
2 30
15
8
147
27
Tu
4
1
7
11
0 25
4
2
4 49
3 49
4 23
15 10
148
28
W
4
0
7 12
0 43
4 58
5 39
4 45
5
15 12
149
29
Th
3 59
7 13
1
0
5 51
6 27
5 39
6
8
15 14
150
30
Fr
3 59
7 14
1 17
6 43
7 10
6 32
6 57
15 15
151
31
Sa
3 58
7 15
1 32
7 32
7 50
7 22
7 43
15 17
7
1
7
2
2 51
9 12
9 26
9
3
9 20
14 53
139
19
20
Tu
4
7
7
4
rises
10 56
11
2
10 42
0 15
15
1
143
13
Tu
4 14
6 56
1 2
4
1
5 6 12
6 50
6
5
6 38
14 47
136
7 8
Th
4 20
6 51
9 58
0 17
A.M.
P.M.
H. M.
H.M.
H.M.
H. M.
A.M.
P.M.
4 50
3 55
10 57
14 57
4
5
7
6
10 13
0 35
23
4 12
6 59
1 49
2 29
8 16
8 35
14 29
128
PORTLAND.
HIGH WATER.
H. M.
H. M.
D. 20
2 18 mo.
14 40
133
16
4 10
4 9
6-S. C., Cumb. Co .; P. C., Portland, Wiscasset, Dover Bath, Al- fred, Ellsworth ; S. J. C., Alfred, 12-P. C., Augusta. 13-P. C., Rum- ford, Belfast, Skowhegan, Auburn, Bath; S. J. C., Rumford. 20-S. J. C., Farmington (civil); P. C., Farmington, Rockland, Portland, So. Paris, Caribou, Alfred. 26-P. C., Augusta. 27-P. C., Bangor.
UNITED STATES.
CONSTITUTION.
Compiled and Amendments incorporated by J. H. Drummond, Esq.
WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the com- mon defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liber- ty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
ARTICLE I.
SECTION 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives.
SECT. 2. The house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the elect- ors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.
No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. See also Art. XIV, Sec. 3d, of Amendments, as to Qual- ification of Representatives.
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their re- spective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each State shall have at least one representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choosethree, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Con- necticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. See Art. XIV, Sec. 2d, of Amendments, in amendment of Apportionment.
When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the execu tive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
The house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
SECT. 3. The senate of the United States shall be composed of two sen- ators from each State, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election. they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year; of the second class, at the expiration of the fourth year; and of the third class, at the expiration of the sixth year ; so that one-third may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen, by resignation or otherwise, during the recess of the legislature of any State, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies.
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ANNUAL REGISTER OF MAINE.
No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. See also Art. XIV, Sec. 3d of Amendments, as to Qualification of Senators.
The vice-president of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
The senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tem- pore in the absence of the vice-president, or when he shall exercise the office of president of the United States.
The senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the president of the United States is tried, the chief justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.
Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to re- moval from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and pun- ishment, according to law.
SECT. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regu- lations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
'The congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
.SECT. 5. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Each house may determine the rules of its proceeding, punish its mem- bers for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.
Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any ques- tion shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting.
SECT. 6. The senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house, they shall not be ques- tioned in any other place.
No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either house during his con- tinuance in office.
SECT. 7. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of rep- resentatives; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Every bill which shall have passed the house of representatives and the senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the president of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not lie shall return it with his objections to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law. But, in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays; and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the president within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.
Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the senate and house of representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment), shall be presented to the president of the United States, and, before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or, being dis- approved by him, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of the senate and house of representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.
SECT. 8. The congress shall have power,-To lay and collect taxes, du- ties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare of. the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States ;- To borrow money on the credit of the United States ;- To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; -To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ;- To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ;- To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States ;- To establish post- offices and post-roads ;- To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries ;- To constitute tribunals infe- rior to the supreme court ;- To define and punish piracies and felonies com- mitted on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations ;- To de- clare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water ;- To raise and support armies; but no appro- priation of money for that use shall be for a longer term than two years; -To provide and maintain a navy ;- To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces ;- To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions ;- To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the mili- tia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by congress ;- To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of the government of the United States; and to exercise like authori- ty over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings ;- And to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow- ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
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SECT. 9. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dol- lars for each person.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed.
No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State.
No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of ap- propriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the re- ceipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.
SECT. 10. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confedera- tion; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money ; emit bills of cred- it; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga- tion of contracts; or grant any title of nobility.
No State shall, without the consent of the congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and im- posts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States, and all such laws shall be subject to the re- vision and control of the congress.
No State shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships-of-war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State or with a foreign power, or engage in war, un- less actually invaded, or in such imminent danger that will not admit of delay.
ARTICLE II.
SECTION 1. 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 :
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 un- der the United States, shall be appointed an elector. See also Art . XIV, Sec. 3d, of Amendments, as to qualification of Electors.
"The next paragraph in the original Const. has been repealed, and the fol- lowing (Art. XII, of Amend's), substituted : The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for president and vice-president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with them- selves : they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice-president; and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president, and of all persons voted for as vice-president, and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed to the seat of the govern-
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ment of the United States, directed to the president of the senate. The president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and house of rep- resentatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be the president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as president, the house of representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the president. But, in choosing the president, the vote shall be tak- en by States, the representation from each State having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice-president shall act as president, as in the case of the death, or other constitutional disability of the president. The per- son having the greatest number of votes as vice-president shall be the vice- president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors ap- pointed ; and if no person have a majority, then, from the two highest num- bers on the list, the senate shall choose the vice-president ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of senators; and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no per- son constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States.
The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible 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 resident within the United States.
In case of the removal of the president from office, or of his death, resig- nation, 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 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 re- moved, or a president be elected.
The president shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensa- tion, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected; and he shall not receive within that peri- od 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 solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States; and will, to the best of my ability, pre- serve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.'
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