land Agricultural College, from which institution he was
graduated in 1900 with the degree of A. B. After spending
about a year in the law offices of Wilson & Clagett at Upper
Marlboro , Md., he matriculated in the Law Department of the
University of Maryland in the fall of 1902. He was presi-
dent of the senior class of 1904 in law, and in that year
was graduated from the university with the degree of LL.B.
After taking the Maryland State Bar examination in 1904,
he was admitted to practice law before the Court of Appeals
and the other courts of Maryland, and has since been
engaged in the practice of his profession at Upper Marlboro ,
Prince George's county, Md., associated with T. Van
Clagett, who was a law partner of the late Joseph S. Wilson,
State Senator from Prince George's county.

OLIVER METZEROTT, Republican—Hyattsville, R. F. D.

Mr. Oliver Metzerott was born in Washington, D. C., on
December 6, 1874; attended the Emerson Institute in Wash-
ington, and upon graduation received one of the medals
offered by the late Bishop Pinckney, of Maryland, the
highest honors in the school. He entered Princeton Univer-
sity in the fall of 1894, graduating with his class in 1898
with the degree of Bachelor of Science. In 1900 he entered
the National University Law School of Washington, D. C.,
and received therefrom the degrees of LL.B. and LL.M. in
1902 and 1903. respectively. In the fall of 1903 he was
admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, where he
has practiced ever since. He has been a resident of Prince
George's county all his life, his father having purchased the
present home in 1869. On his mother's side he is descended
from one of the defenders of Baltimore at the battle of North
Point.

GEORGE M. BOND, Republican.—Laurel

Mr. George M. Bond was born November 25, 1875, in
Laurel, Md., his present home. His father, the late A. M.
Bond, held many offices of public trust, among them being a
seat in the same body to which the son was recently elected.
His mother was a Scotch woman of refinement. Owing to
reverses of his father, young Bond was compelled to leave
college at the age of 17 and seek employment. His first
position was that of clerk for the Laurel Cotton Mills; his
efforts to please soon won him promotion to bookkeeper,
which position he held until he entered his uncle's real estate