The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1912.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Gil "a P-T' 1. R -134. -.

Public General Laws of Maryland,
title Elections" subtitle Primary
Elections" a. said sections were
enacted by Chapter Of tn Acts
Of the General Assembly of 1912.
Section Il. j. 1T enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, That
sections 16OA and 16OB of Article BIB
Of The Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, title Elections sub
title Primary Elections" as said sec
tons were enacted by Chapter 2 of
Che Acts of the General Assembly of
1912, b. and the same are hereby -
pealed and re-enacted with amend
ments 10 as to read, severally and r.
spectively, Al follows, to wit.
1904. Political parties which at the
general elections held Oh November
End, 1909, in the State of Maryland,
or which at any future general cleo
ton next preceding any primary cleo
ton to b. held hereunder, a. shall have
pOlled ten per cent. of the entire vote
cast in the State ait such or any such
general election, shall hereafter nom
mate Alt their candidates for public
office i'm and for Baltimore City, and
the several counties off the State and
for judges and for the House of Rep
resentatives of the Federal Congress,
and shall elect ait delegates to coun-
ty, legislative district, congressional,
city and State conventions, and ait
members Of managing bodies in said
political parties, i'm and for Baltimore
City and the several counties of the
State, and ait precinct, ward, city and
county executives o. executive com
mittees, whenever the political party
usage provides for such executive
committees o. any of the same, by
means Of primary elections conducted
under and in accordance with the pro
visions of this act and not otherwise,
except a. herein specifically provided,
and the several boards of super visOrS
Of elections shall not print on the
official ballot to b. voted at any gen
eral or special election to b. hereaf-
ter held the name on names of any
such candidate OF candidates for
election il Baltimore City Of any Of
the counties of the State of any off
said parties who shall not BE- % nom
mated and whose nomination shall not
b. certified To them Oh to the Secre-
tary of State as having been %
nominated
Provided that the provisions Of this
subtitle requiring the nomination of
candidates by direct vote shall not ap-
ply to the nomination of such candi-
dates for county Offices, State Senate
and members of the House OF Dele
gates i'm the counties of Howard,
Washington and Worcester, except a.
hereinafter provided but such candi-
dates shall b. selected by county con
ventiOn, delegates to which shall b.
selected in All respects a. provided
for in this subtitle, and tn nomina-
ton Of such candidates by such con-
vention shall b. duly certified by the
chairman and secretary of such con-
vention to the Board of Election Su-
pervisors of said county; and it shall
BE- the duty of the said supervisors
to place name of such candidates upon
the official ballots i'm the manner pre-
scribed by the General Election Laws
of this State
All such candidates for such Office,
and all such delegates, managing bod
les, executives and executive commit
tees shall be- nominated, selected and
chosen by the direct vote of the duly
registered voters belonging to or act
ing with such parties, respectively,
i'm every precinct, ward cOuncilmanic,
legislative, congressional, judicial or
other election district i'm Baltimore
City, and also in thu several counties
of the State of Maryland respectively,
and i'm each and every election pre-
cinct and election district of each of
said counties of the State of Mary
land, respectively, it being the intent
and purpose of this act that all such
for public Office, all dele
gates to party conventions, and all
bodies, executives or execu-
tive committees of any such political
party, whenever the political party
usage provides for such executives or
executive committees, shall be nomi-
mated by the direct vote Of the duly
registered voters, belonging to and
acting with such parties, respectively,
i'm Baltimore City, OF any precinct,
ward, councilmanic, congressional ju-
dicial or legislative district thereof,
or in any county, district OF precinct
thereof or i'm any congressional OF
judicial district, a. the case, with r.
spect to any public Office or place OF
position aforesaid, may be; and that
no candidate for such public office,
delegates to such conventions, party
executive Oh executive committee, or
body Of any such political
party, al aforesaid, i'm and for Balti-
more City or the several counties OF
the State, shall b. chosen or elected
by any such political convention OF
than by the duly registered
voters belonging to Oh acting with
said political parties a. aforesaid, *
cept as hereinafter otherwise provid-
ed
ri shall b. lawful for ait such parties
aforesaid to elect and hold such party
which shall have full
power and authority, i'm all respects,
whatsoever, to act i'm respect to ali
matters appertaining to the organiza-
ton, maintenance, conduct, affairs and
interests of the party, in Baltimore