dent, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person 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 appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the VicePresident; 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 person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. [Note 1. Another amendment was proposed as article XIII. at the second session of the eleventh Congress, but not having been ratified by a sufficient number of the states, has not become valid, as a part of the Constitution of the United States. It is erroneously given as a part of the Constitution, in page 74, Vol. I. Laws of the United States, published by Bioren & Duane in 1815.] [Note 2. The Constitution, as above printed, has been carefully compared with the copy in the Laws of the United States, published by authority, and also with one in the National Calendar for the year 1826, which was copied from the roll in the Department of State.] [Note 3. The ratification of the Constitution by the state of New Hampshire, being the 9th in order, was laid before Congress, on the 2d of July, 1788, and with the ratifications of the other states, was referred to a committee, to report an act for carrying the new system into operation. An act for this purpose was reported on the 14th of the same month, and was passed on the 13th of the September following.] V. SUCCESSIVE ADMINISTRATIONS. FIRST ADMINISTRATION ;-1789 to 1797;-8 years. SECOND ADMINISTRATION ;-1797 to 1801 ;-4 years. JOHN ADAMS, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, Oliver Wolcott, Joseph Habersham, Charles Lee, Massachusetts, May 3, 1798. ( Secretaries of the Maryland, May 21, 1798. Georgia, (continued in office.) { Navy. Post Master General. Va. (continued in office.) {Attorney Gen Speakers of the House of Representatives. THIRD ADMINISTRATION ;-1801 to 1809;-8 years. * Mr. Cabot declined the appointment. The Navy Department was established in 1798. t Robert Smith was appointed Attorney General, and Jacob Crowinshield of Massachusetts, Secretary of the Navy, on the 2d of March, 1805, but they both declined these ap pointments; and Mr. Smith continued in the office of Secretary of the Navy, till the end of Mr. Jefferson's administration. FOURTH ADMINISTRATION ;-1809 to 1817;-8 years. Massachusetts, 10th do. 1807. FIFTH ADMINISTRATION;-1817 to 1825;-8 years. * James Monroe was recommissioned, having for some time acted as Secretary of War. SIXTH ADMINISTRATION ;-1825 to 1829 ;-4 years. Samuel L. Southard, William Wirt, Massachusetts, March 4, 1825. President. Appointed. Secretary of State. Secretaries of War. Secretary of the Navy. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Andrew Stephenson, Virginia, 21st Congress. 1829. Note. The dates of the appointments of the principal executive officers, in the several administrations, above exhibited, are the times when the several nominations, made by the Presidents, were confirmed by the Senate, as stated in the "Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States." * Isaac Shelby declined the appointment. VI. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT. THE term of the present administration will expire on the 3d of March, 1833. ANDREW JACKSON, Tennessee, President, JOHN C. CALHOUN, South Carolina, Vice-President, Salary $25,000. 5,000. The following are the principal officers in the executive departments of the government, and all hold their offices at the will of the President. Salary. Secretary of State, $6,000. Secretary of the Treasury, 6,000. Secretary of War, 6,000 Secretary of the Navy, 6,000 Post Master General, 6,000 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. The Department of State was created by an act of Congress of the 15th of September, 1789: by a previous act of the 27th of July, 1789, it was denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs; and it embraces what in some other governments are styled the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Home Department. The Secretary of State conducts all treaties between the United States and Foreign Powers, and corresponds, officially, with the Public Ministers of the United States at Foreign Courts, and with the Ministers of Foreign Powers resident in the United States. He is entrusted with the publication and distribution of all the acts and resolutions of Congress, and of all treaties with Foreign Powers and Indian Tribes; preserves the originals of all laws and treaties, and of the public correspondence growing out of the intercourse between the United States and Foreign Nations; is required to procure and preserve copies of the statutes of the several states; grants passports to American citizens visiting foreign countries; preserves the evidence of copy-rights, and has control of the office which issues patents for useful inventions. He has the charge of the Seal of the United States, but cannot affix it to any commission until signed by the President, nor to any instrument or act without the special authority of the President. Martin Van Buren, Secretary. Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk, $2,000 W. S. Derrick, Clerk, Salary. 900 Clerk, 1,650 William Hunter, Jun. Clerk, $800 300 Nicholas P. Trist, Arthur Shaaf, do. 1,400 J. D. Craig, Superintendent, 1,500 |