The Austin Papers, Vol. 1 Pt. 1

THE AUSTIN PAPERS, 615 take effect; ,if he approves it, he shall write at the bottom " ap- proved ,, date it and sign his name: but should he disnpprove it he . shall return it with his objections to the Chamber in which it origi- nated who.shall enter the.objections on their journal and proceed to reconsider it. • Art. 107.If.after such a reconsideration two thirds of that cham- .ber -shall reappro.ve of the project as originally passed, it shall be sent to the ,other .chamber, and if·approved in like maimer by two thirds of that chamber it shall be a law and the President of Mexico shall sign and publish it as such. . . Art. 108 If any project of a law is not returned by the President ..of .Mexico within thirty days after it is presented to him, it shall be a law and immediately published as such. . ,Art. 109 The laws after being signed by the President of Mexico .shall be attested,by the Secretary of State for interior and exterior relations, and immediately published throughout the nation in the .mann~r and with the formalities which Congress may prescribe. CHAPTER VII . .

EXECUTIVE

Art.' 110 Th~ Executive power shall be exercised by a President to·be stiled " the President of Mexico." ,A.rt. 111 There shall also be a Vice President of :Mexico, who in case of the death, removal from office, resignation, or inability to act of the President, shall exercise his duties. Art. 112 Congress shall declare by law, who shall exercise the executive .power in case of the death, resignation, removal, or inabil- ity to act of the President and Vice President of Mexico at the same time; provided that in such a case the exercise of said power shall only.be p1·0 tempo1·e and until a new election is ordered by Congress ~-hich shall be clone as soon as practicable, to fill the :vacancies thus occasioned in those two offices, which elections shall be in the some rnann~r prescribed for regular Presidential elections, and the per- . ~ons ,elected shall serve for the residue of the presidential term, and no longer. Art 113 The persons elected to fill the vacancies mentioned in the last a·rticle may be eligible to be reelected for the same offices nt the •regular PresideQtinl election provided they should not have served for more .than 4 years .. Art. 114 Congr~ss shall by law establish the titles (trntnmiento) of the President and Vice President of Mexico and of all other officers and _departments of the Government in all its branches;

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