Sec.  1.  On  the  first  Tuesday  in  May  of  each  year
of  the  general  November  election  at  which  electors
of  President  and  Vice-President  of  the  United
States  are  to  be  chosen,  there  shall  be  held  a  pri¬
mary  nominating  election,  to  be  known  as  the  May
presidential  primary  election,  at  which  the  regis¬
tered  qualified  electors  shall  have  opportunity,  on
separate  party  ballots  provided  for  that  purpose,
to  elect  the  delegates  of  their  respective  political
parties  to  their  respective  national  conventions  for
the  nomination  of  their  party  candidates  for  presi¬
dent  and  vice-president  of  the  United  States,  there¬
by  indicating  the  preference  of  said  electors  for
their  presidential  nominee.
Party  Delegates — Number  to  Be  Elected.
Sec.  2.  The  chairman  of  the  state  central  com¬
mittee  of  each  of  the  political  parties  qualified  to
participate  in  the  election  provided  for  in  this  act
shall  notify  the  secretary  of  state  on  or  before

the  first  day  of  March  of  each  year  of  the  general
November  election  at  which  electors  of  president
and  vice-president  of  the  United  States  are  to  be
chosen,  as  to  the  number  of  delegates  to  represent
the  state  in  the  next  national  convention  of  his
said  party.  If  the  said  state  chairmen,  or  any  of
them,  fail  to  file  such  notice,  it  shall  be  the  duty
of  the  secretary  of  state  to  ascertain  the  said  num¬
ber  of  delegates  from  the  call  for  said  national  con¬
vention  issued  by  the  national  committee  of  each
party  whose  chairman  has  failed  to  notify  him  as
aforesaid.
