214 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

prescribed in this Article by State conventions, and such State
conventions elected by the direct vote in the same manner as the
State conventions for the nomination of candidates for State
offices, shall also elect as hereinafter set forth, delegates to Na-
tional conventions and Presidential electors and the governing
bodies of such political parties for the State, but shall have no
power to select or appoint committee or governing bodies of any
character for Baltimore City nor for any division thereof nor
for the Counties of the State.

Any person who may be a candidate for the nomination of
any party subject to the provisions of this sub-title for the office
of President of the United States and who may desire to obtain
the vote of the delegates from Maryland of any such party in
its National convention may become a candidate for such nomi-
nation in primary elections to be held in accordance with the
provisions of this Act in the several Counties of the State and
the several legislative districts of Baltimore City and shall be
entitled to have his name printed upon the official primary bal-
lot of his party in primary elections held under and in accord-
ance with this sub-title in said several Counties and legislative
districts as a candidate for such nomination for President by
making the payment required and by filing a certificate of can-
didacy specifying the party to which he belongs and the Na-
tional convention whose nomination for President he seeks and
in form and in substance like the certificate of candidacy re-
quired of candidates for the nomination for the office of Gov-
ernor of Maryland by Section 160-G of this Article, except that
such payment shall be made and such certificate filed by said
candidate or candidates for said office of President within fif-
teen days before the date of the primary election' for delegates
to the State Convention, which shall select and instruct, as
hereinafter provided, the delegates of each party to the Na-
tional convention; and the Secretary of State immediately
on receipt of such certificate and payment shall certify the fact
of the filing of each certificate and the name and description
of each person so filing such certificate as specified therein to
the Supervisors' of Elections of Baltimore City and of every
County in the State, and shall also apportion and transmit the
said payment to each of said Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
tions as prescribed in Section 160-G, with respect to the sums
paid by candidates for the nomination for the office of Governor
of Maryland and said Boards of Supervisors for each County
shall pay over the amounts so received to the County Commis-
sioners of each County respectively, and the Board of Super-