PHILLIPS LFE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR.

political parties, in and for Baltimore City and the several
counties of the State, and all precinct, ward, city and county
executives or executive committees, whenever the political party
usage provides for such executive committees, or any of the
same, by means of primary elections conducted under and in
accordance with the provisions of this Act and not otherwise,
except as herein specifically provided, and the several Boards
of Supervisors of Elections shall not print on the official ballot
to be voted at any general or special election to be hereafter
held the name or names of any such candidate or candidates
for election in Baltimore City or any of the counties of the
State of any of said parties who shall not be so nominated and
whose nomination shall not be certified to them or to the Sec-
retary of State as having been so nominated. Provided, that
the provisions of this sub-title requiring the nomination of can-
didates by direct vote shall not apply to the nomination of such
candidates for county officers, State Senate and Members of the
Souse of Delegates in the County of Howard, except as herein-
after provided; but such candidates shall be selected by county
convention, delegates to which shall be selected in all respects
as provided for in this sub-title, and the nomination of such
candidates by such convention shall be duly certified by the
Chairman and Secretary of such Convention to the Board of
Election Supervisors of said county; and it shall be the duty
of said Supervisors to place the names of such candidates upon
the official ballots in the manner prescribed by the general elec-
tion laws of this State.

All such candidates for such office, and all such delegates,
managing bodies, executives and executive committees shall be
nominated, selected and chosen by the direct vote of the duly
.registered voters belonging to or acting with such parties, re-
spectively, in every precinct, ward, councilmanic, legislative,
Congressional, judicial or other election district in Baltimore
City, and also in the several counties of the State of Maryland,
respectively, and in each and every election precinct and elec-
tion district of each of said counties of the State of Maryland, re-
spectively, it being the intent and purpose of this Act that all
such candidates for public office, all delegates to party conven-
tion's and all managing bodies, executives or executive committees
of any such political party, whenever the political party usage
provides for such executives or executive committees, shall be
nominated by the direct vote of the duly registered voters, be-
longing to and acting with such parties, respectively, in Balti-
more City, or any precinct, ward, councilmanic, Congressional,