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delegations so voting for such candidate whose name is so dropped on
the first ballot shall cast their vote on the second ballot of such convention
for the candidate or candidates who is or are the second choice of such
counties 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 vote 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 next highest choice as shown by their said instruc-
tions 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; if one or more delegates to such conven-
tion shall be absent when any such ballot is taken, the member or mem-
bers of such delegation present shall cast the vote of the entire delega-
tion according to such instructions; and in case of a tie vote on any
ballot, the chairman of the convention shall cast the deciding vote on
that ballot. All nominations to be made by such conventions shall be
made in like manner and certified as required by this article. Such
certificate 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 nomina-
tion 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 preced-
ing 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 in said primary election shall be held and con-
ducted and determined in the manner and form provided by this
article for general elections and subject to all regulations, requirements
and provisions as prescribed by this article for general elections, in
so far as the same is or are or may be applicable to said primary elec-
tions, except as may be herein otherwise provided. Each candidate for
the nomination for a State office shall be required to pay the sum of
ten dollars ($10) to the board of supervisors of elections of Baltimore
city and of each county of the State for each legislative district of
Baltimore city and for each county, and all such candidates shall file
a certificate in writing with each of said boards of supervisors of
elections containing his name, residence, place where he is a registered
voter, business, business address, the office for which he seeks to be
nominated and the party to which he belongs whose nomination he
seeks, twenty days before such primary election in which he proposes
to run for the nomination. Provided, that if after the expiration of