PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 797

egates sent from Maryland by such State convention to the na-
tional 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 leg-
islative 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 con-
scientious judgment there is any possibility of said choice ob-
taining 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 dis-
trict 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 convention
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 person 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-
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 the national
convention for such candidate for President so selected as the
choice of the State of Maryland as aforesaid, and such delegates
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 legislative
districts in the manner prescribed by this sub-title for the nom-
ination 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