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vote, a preference has been so expressed for direct primaries,
shall ever thereafter be removed from the class of excepted
counties in this section specifically mentioned.

All such candidates for such office, and all such delegates,
managing bodies, executives and executive committees shall be
nominated, selected and chosen by the direct vote of the duly
registered voters belonging to or acting with such parties,
respectively, in every precinct, ward, councilmanic, legislative
or other election district in Baltimore city, and also in the
several counties of the State of Maryland, respectively, and
in each and every election precinct and election district of each
of said counties of the State of Maryland, respectively, it being
the intent and purpose of this Act that all such candidates for
public office, all delegates to such party conventions and all
managing bodies, executives or executive committees of any
such political party, whenever the political party usage pro-
vides for such executives or executive committees, shall be
nominated, as aforesaid, by the direct vote of the duly regis-
tered voters belonging to or acting with such parties, respec-
tively, in Baltimore City, or any precinct, ward, councilmanic
or legislative district thereof, or in any county or district or
precinct thereof, as the case, with respect to any public office,
or place or position aforesaid, may be; and that no candidate
for such public office, delegate to such convention, party execu-
tive or executive committee, or managing body of any such
political party, as aforesaid, in and for Baltimore City or the
several counties of the State, shall be chosen or elected by any
such political convention'or otherwise than by the duly regis-
tered voters belonging to or acting with said political parties,
as aforesaid. It shall be lawful for all such parties aforesaid
'to elect and hold such party conventions, which shall have
full power and authority, in all respects whatsoever, to act
in respect to all matters appertaining to the organization,
maintenance, conduct, affairs and interests of the party, in Bal-
timore City or in any county of the State, saving and excepting
only the choice, selection, nomination or appointment of party
candidates for such public office, delegates to such conventions,
or party executive or managing bodies or executive committees,
of any sort whatever, in and for Baltimore City and the several
counties of the State. Provided, that the candidates of such
political parties for Governor, Attorney-General, Comptroller
and Clerk of the Court of Appeals of the State shall be nomi-
nated in the manner prescribed in this Article by State con-
ventions, and such State conventions shall also have the power
to select, in such manner as they may determine, delegates to
National Conventions and Presidential Electors and the govern-
ing bodies of such political parties for the State, but shall have