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shall cast their vote on the second ballot of such convention for
the candidate or candidates who is or are the second choice of
such counties or legislative districts of Baltimore city as ap-
pears from the credentials and instructions of such delegations,
and if no nomination is made by such convention for such
office by a majority vote of the delegates upon such second
ballot, the same process of dropping the last lowest candidate
and transferring the votes of the delegations voting for the
same to their next highest choice as shown by their said instruc-
tions shall be continued until a nomination for such office shall
have been made and declared by such convention by a majority
vote of the delegates constituting the same; if one or more
delegates to such convention shall be absent when any such
ballot is taken, the member or members of such delega-
tion present shall cast the vote of the entire delegation accord-
ing tp 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 nomina-
tion of such candidates for such offices the votes of the delega-
tions 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 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
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 in 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 applicable to said primary elections, except as may be
herein otherwise provided. Each candidate for nomination for
a State office shall be required to pay the sum of ten dollars
($10) to the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore
city and of each county of the State for each legislative district
of Baltimore city and for each county, and all such candidates
shall file a certificate in writing with each of said boards of
Supervisors of Elections containing his name, residence, place