506''/'Maryland Manual
St. Mary's County ................ 47,388
Dist. 1, St. Inigoes ............... 4,219
Dist. 2, Valley Lee 3,494
Dist. 3, Leonardtown ............. 5,811
Dist. 4, Chaprico ................ 2,158
Dist. 5, Mechanicsville ............ 3,285
Dist. 6, Patuxent ...... 5,283
Dist. 7, Milestown ............... 2,976
Dist. 8, Bay ..... 19,837
Dist. 9, St. George Island ........... 325
Estimated Population, 1979:54,700
Area: 420 sq. miles
JUDICIAL OFFICES
Circuit Court
Courthouse
Box 308
Leonardtown 20650 Telephone: 475-5621
(ext. 505, 506, or 507)
District Court
P.O. Box 339
Leonardtown 20650 Telephone: 475-5621
(ext. 500, 501, or 502 )
Court Terms:
Circuit Court-Grand Jury and Petit Jury, third
Monday in March and September.
Orphans' Court Days Second and fourth
Tuesday of every month.
Circuit Court Resident Judge
Joseph A. Mattingly ...............1987
Circuit Court Clerk
Mary R. Bell....................1982
District Court Judge
William 0. E. Sterling ............. .1981
Dennis Fean, Administrative
Clerk ........................
M. Doris Jones, Clerk .............
Orphans' Court Judges
Floyd A. Raley. Chief Judge .........1982
John L. Alvey .................. .1982
Paul Bell .......................1982
Register of Wills
Norma 1. Dawson ............... .1982
Sheriff
Joseph Lee Somerville .............. 1982

State's Attorney
Neal Myerberg .................. 1982
District Public Defender
John Pleisse ...... ,,, ,,,
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
Board of County Commissioners
Box 351
Leonardtown 20650 Telephone: 475-5621
Meeting Days: Wednesdays, 8:30 A.M.
Board of County Commissioners
George A. Aud, President, at large ..... 1982
David Sayre, 1st Commissioner Dist. . . . 1982
Ford L. Dean, 2nd Commissioner
Dist. .......... 1982
Richard Amold, 3rd Commissioner
Dist. 1982
J. Laurence Millison, 4th Commissioner
Dist. 1982
Judith A. Mullins, Secretary .........
County Administrator
(Appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners as per Chapter 296, Acts
of 1971)
Edward V. Cox ..................
Alice V. Bailey, Secretary .........
Treasurer
Kay D'Esposito .... ... 1982
Director of Finance
B. Harris Sterling ...................
Supervisor of Assessments
William S. Lawrence .................
Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board
Clarence Bell, Chairperson .......... 1979
J. Alfred Abell ....... 1979
Wilmer Bowles .................. 1983
Elaine Sanger, alternate ............ 1983
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Alfred A. Gatton, President ......... 1981
Marjorie B. Aud ................. 1981
Michael S. Sirk .................. 1981
Elizabeth C. McCoy, substitute ....... 1981
Maureen Tobin, substitute ........... 1981
Fire Marshal
Charles H. Donaldson .............
Director of Civil Defense
Otis F. Wood ...................