The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-05-10
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

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election in each of said counties and
legislative districts and not in the
manner required by section 16Ok OF
this subtitle with respect to the votes
for first and second choice and the
| tallies, returns and certificates OF
| such first and second choice in the
| nomination of candidates for Governor
and other State Offices.
The several delegations from each
county and legislative district IN the
State shall be required to cast their
votes on each and every ballot In the
State convention with respect to the
| instruction and the votes in the ma
| tional convention of the delegates
sent from Maryland by such State
convention to the national convention
| for President in accordance with the
instructions received from the voters
in each of the several counties and
legislative districts as certified in their
| credentials by the respective super
visors of Elections of said counties
and legislative districts, respectively,
and such delegates from each OF SAID
counties and legislative districts shall
continue so to vote in the State con-
| vention for the choice of their several
I counties and legislative districts as
| aforesaid, as long as In their con-
scientious judgment there is any pos
| sibility of said choice obtaining ma
jority of the votes of the State con-
vention and as long as said choice is
| voted for by the delegates OF any
nine counties of Maryland in said
| convention, any legislative district OF
| Baltimore City to be taken and con-
sidered for such purpose as the
| equivalent of a county.
After taking such number of ballots
in said State convention as may be
| necessary to show or ascertain ma
| jority of said entire State convention
| for any one candidate for President
| the chairman of said convention shall
announce that the person so recelv-
| ing such majority of the votes of all
| the delegates in said State conven-
! ton for President has been chosen
! by the voters of the partv hn'din"
such State convention of the State OF
| Maryland as their choice for canuiuale
| for President in the national conVen-
ton for such political party, and all
the delegates of such party selected by
such State convention to the national
| convention of such party from the
State of Maryland shall be instructed
| and bound to vote as unit in the
national convention for such candidate
| for President so selected as the choice
| of the State of Maryland as aforesaid,
| and such delegates shall continue to
vote in such national convention for
| the choice of the State OF Maryland,
as aforesaid, for President as long as
| in their conscientious Judgment there
is any possibility of his being nomi-
mated.
The delegates from the several coun-
ties of the State and legislative dis
tricts of Baltimore City to the State
convention held to select and deputize
delegates from Maryland of said sew
eral political parties to their respec-
tive national conventions shall be cleo
ted by the direct vote of the qualified
voters of each of said political parties
in each of said counties and legislative
districts in the manner prescribed by
this subtitle for the nomination Of
candidates for public office and dele
gates to conventions in primary cleo
tion by the direct vote.
The State convention of each of said
the delegates to the national conven-
ton and nominate candidates for
Presidential and Vice Presidential
electors of each of said parties in
such manner as said State convention
| may determine, provided that such
delegates to the national convention
shall be instructed and shall vote
| therein for candidates for the nomina-
ton for President as hereinabove pro-
vided AS soon as the delegates to
| the national convention and the Presi-
| Dental electors of any of such party
shall have been chosen by said State
convention, said convention shall then
proceed to ballot for the selection for
| choice of such party of Maryland for
President, the several delegations
| from the several counties and legis-
| lative districts voting for the prefer
| ence, that is to say, according to the
| instructions of their said counties and
| legislative districts, respectively, in
| the manner above prescribed and pro-
| vided for. The chairman of the State
convention shall announce the final
result of such balloting and in &C
| cordance with such results shall duly
| certify to the temporary and perman-
| ent executive officers OF the national
! convention of the party, the choice
| and the instructions so ascertalned
and determined of the Maryland dele
| cation of such party in the national
| convention with respect to the candi-
date of the party for President of
i the United States.
The number of delegates at large
! and of district delegates, together with
| alternates, who shall represent the
! respective political parties subject to
| the provisions of this subtitle in the
respective national convention of said
parties, shall be ascertained and de-
termined by the governing body for
the whole State of each of said parties
not later than the 18th day of April
in each year in which such national
conventions for the nominations of
| President and Vice-President shall be
held; provided that if the governing
body for the whole State of any of
said parties shall not make such as
| certainment and determination, the
same may be made by the State con-
vention of such party.
| The results of such primary cleo
| tions in the several counties of the
| State and the several legislative dis
| tricts of Baltimore for the election OF
| delegates to the State convention in
Presidential years shall be canvassed,
ascertained and certified in the same
manner as is provided by law with
respect to the election of delegates
| from said several counties and legis-
| lative districts to State conventions
of said respective parties to nominate
| candidates for State officers, except,
however, that such canvassing, ascer-
| tainment and certifcation shall not