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gates of such party selected by such State convention to the
National convention of such party from the State of Maryland
shall be instructed and bound to vote as a unit in a National
Convention for such candidate for President so selected as the
choice of the State of Maryland as aforesaid, and such dele-
gates shall continue to vote in such National convention for the
choice of the State of Maryland as aforesaid, for President as
long as in their conscientious judgment there is any possibility
of his being nominated.

The delegates from the several Counties of the State and leg-
islative districts of Baltimore City to the State convention held
to select and deputize delegates from Maryland of said several
political parties to their respective National conventions shall
be elected by the direct vote of the qualified voters of each of
said political parties in each of said Counties and the legislative
districts in the manner prescribed by this sub-title for the nomi-
nation of candidates for public office and delegates to conven-
tions in primary election by the direct vote.

The State convention of each of said parties elected as afore-
said shall select the delegates to the National convention and
nominate the candidates for Presidential and Vice-Presidential
electors of each of said parties in such manner as said State
convention may determine, provided that such delegates to the
National convention shall be instructed and shall note therein
for condidates for the nomination for President as hereinabove
provided. As soon as the delegates to the National convention
and the Presidential electors of any of such party shall have
been chosen by said State convention, said convention shall then
proceed to ballot for the selection for choice of such party of
Maryland for President, the several delegations from the sev-
eral Counties and legislative districts voting for the prefer-
ence, that is to say, according to the instructions of their said
Counties and legislative districts, respectively, in the manner
above prescribed and provided for. The chairman of the State
convention shall announce the final result of such balloting and
in accordance with such results shall duly certify to the tempo-
rary and permanent executive officers of the National convention
of the party, the choice and the instructions so ascertained and
determined of the Maryland delegation of such party in the Na-
tional convention with respect to the candidate of the party for
President of the United States.

The number of delegates at large and of district delegates,
together with, alternates, who shall represent the respective
political parties subject to the provisions of this sub-title in the