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tion, and the delegation or delegations so voting for such candi-
date whose name is so dropped on tiie first ballot shall cast
their vote on the second ballot of such convention for the candi-
date or candidates who is or are the second choice of such coun-
ties or legislative districts of Baltimore City as appears from
the credentials and instructions of such delegations, and if no
nomination is made by such convention for such office by a
majority of the delegates upon such second ballot, the same
process of dropping the last lowest candidate and transferring
the votes of the delegations voting for the same to their second
choice as shown by their said instructions shall be continued
until a nomination for such office shall have been made and
declared by such convention by a majority vote of the delegates
constituting the same; provided, that when a delegation from
any county or legislative district have first voted for their coun-
ty's or legislative district's first choice until he has been dropped
as the lowest candidate in convention and have subsequently
voted for their second choice until he in turn has been dropped
in the same way, they may then and only then after their first
and second choices have been thus dropped, vote without instruc-
tions for any candidate they desire among the candidates still
remaining before the convention; if one or more delegates to
such convention shall be absent when any such ballot is taken,
the member or members of such delegation present shall cast
the vote of the entire delegation according to such instructions;
and in case of a tie vote on any ballot the chairman of the con-
vention shall cast the deciding vote on that ballot. All nomina-
tions to be made by such conventions shall be made in like
manner and certified as required by this article. Suck certifi-
cate shall also show that in the nomination of such candidates
for such offices the votes of the delegations from the several
counties and legislative districts of Baltimore City were cast
according to the instructions which appear in the credentials of
each of such delegations upon each and every ballot cast in the
nomination of such candidate, and if such certificate of such
nomination be not furnished, such nomination shall be held to
be defective and the name of such nominee shall not appear
upon the official ballot at the election to be held to fill such office.
The ballots in such cases shall be cast in Baltimore City, and
the several counties of the State, respectively, as provided in
the preceding sections, and shall be counted and canvassed, and
the result of the election announced and certified in Baltimore
City and in each of the counties of the State as now provided
by said Article 33 for elections held hereunder, and said pri-
mary election shall be held and conducted and determined in the