218 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

respective National conventions of said parties, shall be ascer-
tained and determined by the governing body for the whole
State of each of said parties not later than the 15th day of
April in each year in which such National conventions for the
nominations of President and Vice-President shall be held;
provided, that if the governing body for the whole State of any
of said parties shall not make such ascertainment and determi-
nation, the same may be made by the State convention of such
party.

The results of such primary elections in the several Counties
of the State and the several legislative districts of Baltimore
for the election of delegates to the State convention in Presi-
dential years shall be canvassed, ascertained and certified in the
same manner as is provided by law with respect to the election
of delegates from said several Counties and legislative dis-
tricts to State conventions of said respective parties to nomi-
nate candidates for State officers, except, however, that such
canvassing, ascertainment and certification shall not embrace
or contain any reference to any second or other relative prefer-
ential choice, but shall be made so as to conform and harmonize
with the provisions of this sub-title respecting the election and
instruction of delegates from said several Counties and legisla-
tive districts to the State convention for the selection of dele-
gates to the National convention.

In the event that no person shall file a certificate of candidacy
and make the payment above required as a candidate for the
nomination for President in said primary election of any of
said parties, then the State convention of such party may in-
struct the delegates sent by it to the National convention for
such candidate for President as it may see fit, or may send an
uninstructed delegation to the National convention of such
party.

The Board of Supervisors of Elections in each County of
the State and of Baltimore City shall cause to be printed upon
the Presidential primary election ballots in each of said Coun-
ties and in each legislative district of Baltimore City, and be-
neath the name or group of names of any qualified candidate
or candidates for the nomination of President of any of such
parties and distinctly separated by appropriate lines from
the name or names of such qualified candidates and in plainly
legible type the words '' For An Uninstructed Delegation,'' and
to the right thereof a square for the cross-mark of the voter in
the same manner and relative location as the square for the
cross-mark is printed to the right of the name of any candi-