124 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

in the sections of this Article for county of city offices, and
after the name of each of such last named candidates for State
offices, there shall be provided on the ballots a number of
squares equal to the number of candidates for the particular
office for which he is a candidate of the political party repre-
sented by the ballot, which squares shall be designated in
their order from left to right as "First Choice," "Second
Choice," and so on to the number of candidates of such party
for such office whose names appear upon such ballot, so that
each voter of each party may indicate his first, second, third,
etc., choice or preference of each of said candidates by placing
a cross-mark in the appropriate squares after the name of each
of said candidates, such cross-mark to be made in the same man-
ner as other cross-marks for voting at primary elections under
this Article for Baltimore city and the several counties of the
State, respectively. No ballot cast at such primary election
which contains more than one cross-mark after the name of
any such candidate for such State offices shall be counted for
such candidate. Such ballots shall be counted and canvassed
and the result of the election announced and certified as pro-
vided in Section 160n of this Article. In addition thereto the
Supervisors of Elections in Baltimore city and of the counties
of the State shall issue to the delegates elected to each' State
convention of such parties, a certificate of election, which cer-
tificate shall also contain the result of such primary election
balloting as to the first, second, third, fourth, etc., choice or
preference of the voters of such party for the candidate so
voted upon, and such certificate shall be accepted as the cre-
dentials 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. Such convention may
be called according to such party rules or usage at any time
within two weeks after such primary election has been held,
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 chairman 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 conven-
tion, 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