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 under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government 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 Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken 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. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing 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, Resignation, 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 removed, or a President shall be elected.

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period 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, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Section. 2.

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Section. 3.

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Section. 4.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

第1節

行政の権限は、アメリカ合衆国の大統領が持つんや。大統領は4年の任期でその仕事を続けるんやで。副大統領も同じ任期で選ばれて、大統領と一緒に次のやり方で選ばれるんやな。

各州は、州議会が決めた方法で、連邦議会でその州が持つ権利がある上院議員と下院議員の合わせた数と同じ数の選挙人を決めるんや。せやけど、上院議員か下院議員、アメリカの下で信頼とか利益がある役職に就いとる人は、選挙人には選ばれへんねん。

選挙人は、それぞれの州で集まって、2人の人に投票するんや。そのうち少なくとも1人は、選挙人自身と同じ州の人やったらあかんのやで。選挙人は、投票されたすべての人の名簿と、各人がもらった票の数を作るんや。この名簿に選挙人は署名して認証して封印して、アメリカ政府のあるとこに、上院議長宛てに送るんやな。上院議長は、上院と下院のみんなの前で、すべての証明書を開けて、投票を数えるんや。一番多くの票をもらった人が、その数が選ばれた選挙人の全体の半分より多かったら、大統領になるんやで。半分より多い票をもらった人が2人以上おって、票の数が同じやったら、下院がすぐに投票で、その中から1人を大統領に選ぶんや。半分より多い票をもらった人がおらんかったら、下院は名簿の上から5人の中から、同じやり方で大統領を選ぶんやな。せやけど、大統領を選ぶときは、投票は州ごとにやって、各州の代表は1票を持つんや。この目的の定足数は、3分の2の州から1人か何人かの議員でできて、すべての州の半分より多いのが選ぶために必要なんやで。すべての場合で、大統領を選んだ後、選挙人の投票で一番多くの票をもらった人が副大統領になるんや。せやけど、同じ数の票をもらった人が2人以上残った場合、上院が投票でその人らの中から副大統領を選ぶんやな。

連邦議会は、選挙人を選ぶ時期と、選挙人が投票する日を決められるんや。この日は、アメリカ全土で同じ日やないとあかんねん。

生まれつきのアメリカ市民か、この憲法ができたときに合衆国市民やった人以外は、大統領の仕事に就く資格はないんや。それと、35歳になってへんくて、14年間アメリカ国内に住んでへん人も、大統領の仕事に就く資格はないんやで。

大統領がクビになったり、死んだり、辞めたり、その仕事の権限と義務をやる能力を失ったりした場合、その権限と義務は副大統領に移るんや。連邦議会は、大統領と副大統領の両方がクビになったり、死んだり、辞めたり、仕事ができへんようになった場合について、法律で決まりを作って、その場合にどの役職が大統領の仕事をするかを言うことができるんやで。その役職の人は、仕事ができへんのがなくなるまで、又は大統領が選ばれるまで、それに従って仕事をするんや。

大統領は、決められた時期に、その仕事に対する給料をもらうんや。給料は、大統領が選ばれた任期の間、増やしたり減らしたりしたらあかんねん。大統領は、その任期の間、アメリカかどっかの州から、他のどんな給料ももらったらあかんで。

大統領は、その仕事を始める前に、次の宣誓か約束をせなあかんねん。「私は、アメリカ合衆国大統領の仕事を忠実にやって、全力を尽くして、合衆国憲法を守って、保護して、擁護することを厳粛に誓います（又は約束します）。」

第2節

大統領は、合衆国の陸軍と海軍、それと合衆国の軍務に呼ばれた各州の民兵の一番上の司令官なんや。大統領は、行政の各部の長官に対して、それぞれの仕事に関することについて、書面で意見を求めることができるんやで。大統領は、弾劾の場合を除いて、アメリカに対する犯罪について、刑の実行を延ばしたり恩赦したりする権限を持っとるんや。

大統領は、上院の助言と同意を得て、出席しとる上院議員の3分の2が賛成することを条件として、条約を結ぶ権限を持っとるんやで。大統領は、上院の助言と同意を得て、大使とか他の外交使節と領事、最高裁判所の裁判官、それとこの憲法で別の決まりがなくて、法律で作られる他の全部のアメリカの役職を指名して任命するんや。せやけど、連邦議会は、法律で、こういう下の役職の任命を、ええと思う場合には、大統領だけとか裁判所とか各省の長官に任せることができるんやな。

大統領は、上院が休みの間にできた空きを全部埋める権限を持っとって、上院の次の会期が終わるときに満了する委任状を出すんや。

第3節

大統領は、時々、連邦議会に対して、連邦の状況に関する情報を出して、必要でええと思う政策を連邦議会の審議にかけるんや。大統領は、特別な場合には、両方の議院かどっちかの議院を呼ぶことができるんやで。両方の議院の間で休みの時期について意見が合わへん場合、大統領は、ええと思う時期まで両方の議院を休みにすることができるんや。大統領は、大使と他の外交使節を迎えるんやな。大統領は、法律がちゃんと実行されるように気をつけて、アメリカの全部の役職を任命するんや。

第4節

大統領、副大統領、それとアメリカの全部の文民の役職の人は、反逆罪とか収賄罪とかその他の重罪か軽罪で弾劾されて、有罪になった場合、クビになるんやで。