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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 elec-
tions 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 Elections in Balti-
more City and in the several counties of the State in such manner as
plainly to indicate which candidate for President in said several and re-
spective counties and legislative districts 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 re-
sults of said election in each of said counties and legislative districts and
not in the manner required by Section 241 of this sub-title with respect
to the votes for first and second choice and the tallies, returns and certifi-
cates of such first and second choice in the nomination of candidates for
Governor and other State offices.¹

The several delegations from each county and legislative district 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 na-
tional convention of the delegates sent from Maryland by such State con-
vention to the national convention for President in accordance with the
instructions received from the voters in each of the several counties and
legislative districts as certified in their credentials by the respective Super-
visors of Elections of said counties and legislative 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
conscientious 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 con-
vention, any legislative district of Baltimore City to be taken and con-
sidered 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 entire State convention
for any one candidate for President the chairman of said convention shall
announce that the person so receiving such majority of the votes of all
the delegates in said State convention for President has been chosen by
the voters of the party holding such State convention of the State of Mary-
land as their choice for candidate for President in the national convention
for such political party, and all the delegates of such party selected by
such State convention to the national convention of such party from the
State of Maryland shall be instructed and bound to vote as a unit in the
national convention for such candidate for President so selected as the
choice of the State of Maryland as aforesaid, and such delegates shall
continue to vote in such national convention for the choice of the State
of Maryland, as aforesaid, for President as long as in their conscientious
judgment there is any possibility of his being nominated.

The delegates from the several counties of the State and legislative dis-
tricts of Baltimore City to the State convention held to select and deputize

¹ First and second choice voting eliminated by ch. 201, Acts of 1939 (Sec. 241).