PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 293

candidates for the office of Governor of Maryland, except that
there shall be no preferential voting and no designation upon
such ballots as to first and second choice or similar relative
preference and except as herein otherwise further provided.

The candidate for the nomination for president who shall
receive the highest number of votes lawfully cast and counted
in the primary elections of his party in any county and in
any legislative district in the State convention of such party
held to select delegates to the national convention of such, party,
and the votes cast in each such primary election in each county
and legislative district of Baltimore City shall be canvassed
and certified by the respective Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
tions in Baltimore City and in the several counties of the State
in such manner as plainly to indicate which candidate for presi-
dent in said several and respective counties and legislative dis-
tricts received the highest number of votes therein; and the
tally sheets and the returns and the certificates thereof shall
be made out accordingly so as to indicate plainly such results
of said election in each of said counties and legislative districts
and not in the manner required by section 160K of this sub
title 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 dis-
trict 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 national convention of the
delegates sent from Maryland by such State convention to the
national convention for president in accordance with the instruc-
tions received from the voters in each of the several counties
and legislative districts as certified in their credentials by the
respective Supervisors of Elections of said counties and legisla-
tive districts, respectively, and such delegates from each of
said counties,and legislative districts shall continue so to vote in
the State convention for the choice of their several counties and
legislative districts as aforesaid, as long as in their conscien-
tious judgment there is any possibility of said choice obtaining
a majority of the votes of the State convention 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 considered 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 a majority of said