798 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

nominate candidates for 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 vote therein for candidates for the nom-
ination 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 con-
vention, said convention shall then proceed to ballot for the se-
lection for choice of such party of Maryland for President, the
several delegations from the several counties and legislative dis-
tricts voting for the preference, that is to say, according to the
instructions of their said counties and legislative districts, re-
spectively, 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 temporary and permanent executive
officers of the national convention of the party, the choice and
the instructions to ascertained and determined of the Maryland
delegation of such party in the national convention with re-
spect 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 polit-
ical parties subject to the provisions of this sub-title in the re-
spective national conventions of said parties shall be ascertained
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 nomination
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 determination, 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 elec-
tion of delegates from said several counties and legislative dis-
tricts to State conventions of said respective parties to nom-
inate 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