HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 341

have their names placed upon such ballot in the manner
provided by this article.

The candidate receiving the highest vote in any county
or legislative district shall receive the vote of the delegates
from such county or legislative district in the State Con-
vention, and the Supervisors of Elections in Baltimore City
and the counties of the State shall issue to the delegates
elected to each State convention of such parties, a certifi-
cate of election, which certificate shall also contain the
result of such primary election balloting, and such certifi-
cate shall be accepted as the credentials of such delega-
tion in such convention of such party and as the instruc-
tions of the voters of such party in such county and legis-
lative district of Baltimore City as to how the votes of
such delegation are to be cast, and duplicates of such cer-
tificate shall be mailed at once by said Supervisors of Elec-
tions to the chairman of the State Central Committee of
the State of each of the political parties coming within
the provisions of this article. Such convention may be
called according to such party rules or usage, not later
than five weeks prior to the election following such primary
election, and immediately after such credentials have been
received and the body has effected a permanent organization
it shall proceed to the nomination of its candidates. The
several delegations shall be required to cast and the chair-
man shall announce the vote according to such instructions
so received by the several delegations in the primaries so
held in their respective counties or legislative districts of
Baltimore City and the candidate receiving the highest
number of votes in the convention shall receive the nomi-
nation. In case of a tie in the convention votes of the two
highest candidates, then the candidate receiving highest
vote of all the registered voters throughout the State shall
receive the nomination. If one or more delegates to such
convention shall be absent when any such ballot is taken,
the member or members of such delegation present shall
cast the vote of the entire delegation according to instruc-
tions. All nominations to be made by such conventions shall
be made in like manner and certified as required by this
article. Such certificate shall also show that in the nomina-
tion of such candidates for such offices the votes of the dele-
gations from the several counties and legislative districts of
Baltimore City were cast according to the instructions
which appear in the credentials of each of such delegations
upon each and every ballot cast in the nomination of such
candidate, and if such certificate of such nomination be not
furnished, such nomination shall be held to be defective