-President shall be
eligible for reelection to a second term."
Sec. 2. _And be it further resolved_, That Article II, section I,
paragraph 6, of the Constitution of the United States shall be amended
so as to read as follows:
"In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death,
resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of said
office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President; and in the case of
the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the President and
Vice-President, the powers and duties of said office shall devolve on
the Secretary of State for the time being, and after this officer, in
case of vacancy in that or other Department, and in the order in which
they are named, on the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Secretary of
War, on the Secretary of the Navy, on the Secretary of the Interior, on
the Postmaster-General, and on the Attorney-General; and such officer,
on whom the powers and duties of President shall devolve in accordance
with the foregoing provisions, shall then act as President until the
disability shall be removed or a President shall be elected, as is or
may be provided for by law."
Sec. 3. _And be it further resolved_, That Article I, section 3, be
amended by striking out the word "legislature," and inserting in lieu
thereof the following words, viz: "Persons qualified to vote for members
of the most numerous branch of the legislature," so as to make the third
section of said article, when ratified by three-fourths of the States,
read as follows, to wit:
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from
each State, chosen by the persons qualified to vote for the members of
the most numerous branch of the legislature thereof, for six years, and
each Senator shall have one vote."
Sec. 4. _And be it further resolved_, That Article III, section I, be
amended by striking out the words "good behavior," and inserting the
following words, viz: "the term of twelve years." And further, that said
article and section be amended by adding the following thereto, viz:
"And it shall be the duty of the President of the United States, within
twelve months after the ratification of this amendment by three-fourths
of all the States, as provided by the Constitution of the United States,
to divide the whole number of judges, as near as may be practicable,
into thr
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