THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 617 son· who may have received the greatest number of votes £01 President of Mexico shall be declared to be duly elected and the person who may have received the greatest number of votes for Vice President of Mexico shall be declared duly elected for eight years next after the expiration of the term of the President then in office. Art. 124 Should the three returns sent to the Secretary of State, the Presidents of the Senate, and of the deputies not agree with each other, an express shall be sent to the corrisponding province for the original deposited in the archives of the deputation as stated in the 119th article. And the two chambers shall then decide on an examination which return shall be admitted, and wheither the difference proceeded from accident, neglect or intention, and take such further measures in the case as they may deem proper to punish the person or persons concerned in such neglect or in- tentional alteration. Art. 125 The election being concluded the two chambers: accom- panied by the Judges of the high tribunal of Justice, ancl secre- taries of State shall proceed to the cathedral or principal church, ancl the President of Mexico then in office, the members of the Provincial deputations, Generals and other officers of rank then in the city having been notified to attend, the result of the election shall be again proclaimed in the church and a solemn Te cleum shall be celebrated. Art. 126 In case of a tie for President and Vice President of Mexico the two chambers of Congress shall decide which shall be elected. Art.. 127 To be President or vice President of :Mexico, it requires to be a native of the Mexican Nation, or a citizen t.hereof at the declaration of Independence in Iguala on the 24 of February 1821; to ham been at least 10 years a resident within this nation next previous to the election; to have attained the age of forty years, and to be of distinguished and well known patriotism virtue and intel- ligence. A.rt. 128 No eclesiastic shall be President or Vice President of :Mexico, neither-shall the same person be elected to either of those offices twice except in the case mentioned in the 113th article. A.rt. 12V before entering on the duties of his office the President shall take the following oath to be publickly administered by the President of the high tribunal of Justice in the principal church of the capital, "I.-N. do solemnly swear by Goel our Lord and on those holv " evangelists that I will defend, fulfill, and support the Constitutio~ 25067°-24-voLZ, PT 1---40
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