586 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33
vote of the entire delegation 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 fur-
nished, 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 primary election shall be held
and conducted and determined in the manner and form provided by
this article for general elections and subject to all regulations, require-
ments 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; and the provisions of
the general election law governing election contests are hereby expressly
declared to be applicable to such primary elections; provided, that if
after the expiration of the time allowed by this sub-title for candidates
for public office, delegates to conventions, members of managing bodies,
precinct, ward, city and county executives or executive committees to
qualify for the purpose of having their names placed upon the official
primary election ballot in any legislative district of Baltimore City or
in any county of the State it shall appear that only one set of candidates
of any such political party have so qualified, then and in that event,
certificates of nomination or selection shall be issued to the candidates,
so qualified in a similar manner to that herein provided for successful
candidates at primary elections, and no such primary election shall be
held for such political party; and provided, further, that whenever
only one candidate of any such political party for such public office or
position has so qualified to have his name so placed upon the official
primary election ballot at the expiration of the time allowed by this
sub-title, then, and in that event, a certificate of nomination or selection
shall in like manner be issued to him forthwith, and his name and the
name of the position for which he is a candidate shall be omitted from
the said official ballot, so that such official ballot of such political party
shall contain only the names of such candidates for position, offices, or
delegates where there are qualified contestants for such positions. Any
vacancy which may exist in respect to any office, delegates to conven-
tion, or position named in this sub-title occurring after the returns have
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