ELECTIONS 1531

political parties coming within the provisions of this article. Such con-
vention 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
candidates. 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 the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes in the convention shall receive the nomination.
In case of a tie in the convention votes of the two highest candidates, then
the candidate receiving highest vote of all the registered voters throughout
the State shall receive the nomination. 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 vote of the entire dele-
gation according to instructions. 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 dele-
gations upon each and every ballot cast in the nomination of such candi-
date, and if such certificate of such nomination be not furnished, 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 an-
nounced 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, requirements and provisions as prescribed by this
article for general elections, in so far as the same is or are or may be ap-
plicable to said primary elections, except as may be herein otherwise pro-
vided; 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, mem-
bers 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 posi-
tion 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