216 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

legislative district in the State convention of such party held
to select delegates to the National convention of such party, and
the votes cast in each such primary election in each County and
legislative district of Baltimore City shall be canvassed and
certified by the respective Boards of Supervisors of Elections
in Baltimore City and in the several Counties of the State in such
manner as plainly to indicate which candidate for President in
said several and respective Counties and legislative districts re-
ceived the highest number of votes therein; and the tally sheets
and the returns and the certificates thereof, shall be made out
accordingly so as to indicate plainly such results of said elec-
tion in each of said Counties and legislative districts and not
in the manner required by Section 160-K of this sub-title with
respect to the votes for first and second choice and the tallies,
returns and certificates of such first and second choice in the
nomination of candidates for Governor and other State offices.

The several delegations from each County and legislative
districts in the State shall be required to cast their votes on
each and every ballot in the State convention with respect to
the instruction and the votes in the National convention of the
delegates sent from Maryland by such State convention to the
National convention for President in accordance with the in-
structions received from the voters in each of the several Coun-
ties and legislative districts as certified in their credentials by
the respective Supervisors of Elections of said Counties and
legislative districts respectively, and such delegates from each
of said Counties and legislative districts shall continue so to
vote in the State convention for the choice of their several
Counties and legislative districts as aforesaid, as long as in
their conscientious judgment there is any possibility of said
choice obtaining a majority of the votes of the State convention
and as long as said choice is voted for by the delegates of any
nine Counties of Maryland in said convention, any legislative
district of Baltimore City to be taken and considered for such
purpose as the equivalent of a County.

After taking such number of ballots in said State conven-
tion as may be necessary to show or ascertain a majority of said
entire State convention for any one candidate for President,
the Chairman of said convention shall announce that the per-
son so receiving such majority of the votes of all the delegates
in said State convention for President has been chosen by the
voters' of the party holding such State convention of the State
of Maryland as their choice for candidate for President in the
National convention for such political party, and all the dele-