The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1912.

tons elected by the direct vote 10 the
same manner as the State conventions
for the nomination of candidates for
State Offices, shall also elect as here
matter set forth, delegates to national
conventions and presidential electors
and the governing bodies of such po-
litical parties tor the State, but shall
have no power to select or appoint
committee or governing bodies Of
any character for Baltimore City nor
for any division thereof nor for the
counties of the State.
Any person who may be candidate
for the nomination of any party sub
ect to the provisions of this subtitle
for the office Of president Of the Unit
ed States and who may desire to OBJ
tain the vote Of the delegates from
Maryland of any such party in its ma
tional convention may become can
didate for such nomination in primary
elections to be held in accordance
with the provisions of this act in the
several counties of the State and the
several legislative districts OF Balt1-
more City and shall be entitled to
have his name printed upon the OFF,
cial primary ballot Of his party In
primary elections held under and in
accordance with this subtitle In said
several counties and legislative dis
tricts as a candidate for such noml-
nation for president by making the
payment required and by filing GER
tificate of candidacy specifying the
party to which he belongs and the
national convention whose nomination
for president he seeks and in form
and in substance like the certificate
of candidacy required Of candidates
for the nomination for the office or
Governor of Maryland by section
1900 of this article, except that such
payment shall be made and slch GER
tificate filed by said candidate or can
didates for said Office of president
within fifteen days before the day OF
the primary election for delegates to
the State convention which shall Sc
lect and instruct, as hereinafter pro-
vided, the delegates of each party to
the national convention; and the Sec
rotary of State Immediately on re-
ceipts of such certificate and pay
ment shall certify the fact of the
filing of each certificate and the name
and description of each person so
filing such certificate as specified
therein to the Supervisors OF Election
of Baltimore City and of every county
in the State and shall also apportion
and transmit the said payment to
each of said Boards of Supervisors OF
Election as prescribed in section 16OG
with respect to the sums paid by can
didates for the nomination for the Of
fee of Governor of Maryland and
said Boards of Supervisors for each
county shall pay over the amounts so
received to the County Commission
ers of each county respectively and
the Board of Supervisors of Balti-
more City shall pay over the amount
SO received to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, and all the eX-
penses of said primary. election for
candidates for president of the United
States and for delegates from the
several counties and legislative dis
tricts of Baltimore City to the State
convention of each political party
subject to this subtitle to select dele
gates to the national convention, re-
spectively, of such political parties,
inf Baltimore City, shall be paid by
the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, and all the expenses of holding
said primary elections in each county
shall be paid by the County Commits
sioners of each county, precisely as
the expenses Of the State, city and
county elections are now paid under
existing laws.
And it shall be the duty of the
Board of Supervisors of Elections in
each county and of Baltimore City to
cause to be printed upon the official
primary ballots of each of said polltl-
cal parties in each and every county
Of the State, and in each legislative
district Of Baltimore City at the an
nual primary elections in each year in
which a president of the United
States is to be elected the names of
the candidates for president certified
to them by the Secretary of the State
as above provided for, i'm manner and
form and i'm all respects similar to the
for the nomination for Governor are
required to be printed upon the Off
cial primary ballots by the provisions
Of section 160K Of this article.
The qualifications of voters in such
presidential and vice-presidential pri-
maries held hereunder of the several
political parties subject to this sub
title shall be the same as i'm the pri-
mary elections held under this sub
title for the nomination of candidates
for public Office in Maryland.
The names Of such candidates for
the nomination for president Of the
United States Of said several political
parties upon the official primary bal
lots shall be arranged and said ballots
shall be prepared and shall be mark
ed and cast by the voters in the same
manner as is prescribed by the pro-
visions of this subtitle with respect
to the nomination i'm the primary cleo
ton of candidates for the office of
Governor of Maryland, except that
there shall be no preferential voting