794 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

judicial or legislative district thereon, or in any county, dis-
trict or precinct thereof or in any Congressional or judicial dis-
trict, as the case, with respect to any public office or place or
position aforesaid, may be; and that no candidate for such
public office, delegates to such conventions, party executive or
executive committee, or managing body of any such political
party, as aforesaid in and for Baltimore City or the several
counties of the State, shall be chosen or elected by any such
political convention or otherwise than by the duly registered
voters belonging to or acting with said political parties as afore-

said, except as hereinafter otherwise provided.

Tt shall be lawful for all such parties aforesaid to elect and
hold such, party conventions which shall have full power and
authority, in all respects, whatsoever, to act in respect to all
matters appertaining to the organization, maintenance, conduct,
affairs and interests of the party, in Baltimore City or in any
county of the State, saving and excepting only the choice, selec-
tion, nomination or appointment of party candidates for such
public office, delegates to such conventions, or party executives
or managing bodies or executive committees, of any sort what-
ever, in and for Baltimore City, and the several counties and
Congressional and judicial districts of the State.

Provided, that the candidates of such political parties for
Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller, Clerk of the Court of
Appeals of the State and United States Senator shall be nom-
inated in the manner prescribed in this article by State conven-
tions, 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 national 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 gov-
erning 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 nom-
ination 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 ballot
of his party in primary elections held under and in accordance