SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        861

before the day of election; and upon being so filed shall have the same
force and effect as an original certificate of nomination.

(d) When such certificate is filed with the Secretary of State, he
shall, in certifying the nomination to the boards, insert the name of
the person who has been nominated to fill a vacancy in place of that
of the original nominee; and in case he has already sent forth his
certificate, he shall forthwith certify to the boards the name and
description of the person so nominated to fill a vacancy, the office for
which he is nominated, the party or political principle he represents
and the name of the person for whom he is substituted.

9-3. Filling vacancies: Shared Senatorial districts.

In a State Senatorial district comprising more than ope county,
any vacancy occurring because of the death or resignation of any
person nominated for State Senator in such district shall be filled by
mutual agreement of each of the State Central Committees of the
party of such person of those counties comprising the district; and in
the event any Committee in the district does not approve of the
choice of the other Committees in the district, the vacancy shall be
filled by the State Central Committee for the State, "of the party".

LOCAL VACANCIES
9-4. Filling local vacancies.

Local vacancies shall be filled by the State Central Committee of
the political party to which the nominee belongs. In the event of any
vacancy occurring because of the resignation or death of any person
nominated, or because of a tie vote in any primary election for any
office in any county of this State or legislative district of Baltimore
City, the vacancy shall be filled as follows:

(1)    For any officer elected by the voters of one county, the va-
cancy shall be filled by the State Central Committee for that county.

(2)    For any officer elected by the voters of one legislative district
in Baltimore City, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY OR BALTIMORE
COUNTY the vacancy shall be filled by the MEMBERS OF THE
State Central Committee of ELECTED FROM such legislative
district.

(3)    For any officer elected by all of the voters of Baltimore City,
the vacancy shall be filled by the State Central Committee for Balti-
more City.

Where the vacancy results from a tie vote, the nominee selected to
fill the vacancy as aforesaid shall be one of the candidates receiving
the tie vote.

VACANCY CAUSED BY DEATH

9-5. Vacancy caused by sudden death of nominee after ballots pre-
pared.

In the case of any nominee dying within (so short a time) before
the day of election that the certificate of nomination of the new
nominee shall not have been filed with or certified to the board thirty
days before the day of election, thus being too late for the name of the
new nominee to be printed on the ballots in any county or the City of