ART. 33] PRIMARY ELECTIONS. 585

In addition thereto the Supervisors of Elections in Baltimore City

and the counties of the State shall issue to the delegates elected to each
State convention of such parties, a certificate of election, which certifi-
cate shall also contain the result of such primary election balloting
where there are only two candidates and also as to the first and second

choice or preference of the voters of such party for the candidates so
voted upon where there are more than two, and such certificate shall
be accepted as the credentials of such delegation in such convention of
;such party and as the instructions of the voters of such party in such

county and legislative district of Baltimore City as to how the votes of
such delegation are to be cast, and duplicates of such certificate shall be
mailed at once by said Supervisors of Elections to the chairman of the
State Central Committee of the State of each of the political parties
coming within the provisions of this article. Such convention may be

called according to such party rules or usage, not later than five weeks
prior to the election following such primary election, and immediately
after such credentials have been received and the body has effected a
permanent organization it shall proceed to the nomination of its can-
didates. The several delegations shall be required to cast and the chair-

man shall announce the vote according to such instructions so received
by the several delegations in the primaries so held in their respective

counties or legislative districts of Baltimore City and if the result of
such ballot in such convention shows that there has been no nomination
for such office by a majority vote of such convention, then and in that

event the candidate receiving the lowest vote for such office shall be

dropped from the balloting by the convention, and the delegation or

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 conven-
tion 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 nomina-
tion 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 dele-
gates constituting the same; provided, that when a delegation from

any county or legislative district have first voted for their county'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 instructions 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