1224                               Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 739

General Assembly of Maryland. Any vacancy in the Party Central
Committee for any county or legislative district of Baltimore City
shall be filled by the remaining members of the Committee for that
county or legislative district of Baltimore City.

(c)  Chairmen of State and Local Party Central Committees. The
Chairman of the Party Central Committee for the State shall be
selected by the said Party Central Committee; and the Chairman of
the Party Central Committee for each county or legislative district
of Baltimore City shall be selected by the Party Central Committee
for that county or legislative district of Baltimroe BALTIMORE
City.

(d)  Procedure. The Party Central Committee for the State of
any party shall determine its own rules of procedure, not incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Article.

PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTIONS

83.   State Conventions for Presidential Nominations. (a) Selec-
tion of Delegates. The State convention of each of said parties elected
as aforesaid shall select the delegates to the national convention and
nominate or provide for the nomination of candidates for Presidential
electors of each of said parties in such manner as said State con-
vention may determine.

(b)  Instructed Delegations. The several delegations from each
county and legislative district in the State shall be required to cast
their votes on each and every ballot in the State convention in ac-
cordance with the instructions received from the voters in each of
the several counties and legislative districts, as certified in their
credentials by the respective Supervisors of Elections of said coun-
ties and legislative districts, respectively. Each delegate from each
of the counties and legislative districts shall continue to vote in the
State convention for the choice of their respective counties and legis-
lative districts for President as long as the choice is voted for by the
delegates of any nine counties of Maryland in said convention. Any
legislative district of Baltimore City is to be taken and considered
for such purpose as the equivalent of a county.

(c)   Uninstructed Delegation. If a greater number of votes were
cast in any county or legislative district of Baltimore City in favor
of an uninstructed delegation than for any candidate in a primary
for the nomination for President, the Supervisors of Elections and
board of canvassers for such county or legislative district shall so
certify, and the delegation from such county or district in the State
convention of the party shall vote for an uninstructed delegation to
the national convention as long as in their conscientious judgment,
it shall appear to them that there is any possibility of a majority of
the members of such State convention voting for an uninstructed
delegation, and if it shall appear that there is no such possibility,
they shall vote for such person for the candidate of their party for
President as they may deem wisest.

84.   Certifying Vote of State Convention. (a) Certification of
Delegates. The names of persons nominated by the State convention
as candidates for Presidential electors shall be certified by the presid-
ing officers of the State convention to the Secretary of State. The