HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1361

manic, Congressional, judicial or legislative district thereof,
or in any county, district or precinct thereof or in any Con-
gressional or judicial district, 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 conven-
tions, party executive or executive committee, or managing
body of any such political party, as aforesaid in and for Balti-
more 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 aforesaid, except as hereinafter otherwise
provided.

It 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 pertaining to the organization, maintenance, con-
duct, affairs and interests of the party, in Baltimore City or in
any county of the State, saving and excepting only the choice,
selection, 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 whatever, in and for Baltimore City, and the several coun-
ties and Congressional and judicial districts of the State.

Provided, that the candidates of such political parties for
Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller, and United States
Senator shall be nominated in the manner prescribed in this
Article by State conventions, 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 governing bodies of any char-
acter 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 nomination in primary elections to be held in accordance
with the provisions of this sub-title 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 with this sub-title in said several
counties and legislative districts as a candidate for such nomi-