188 MARYLAND MANUAL.


WASHINGTON COUNTY
County Seat—Hagerstown.

Origin of Name—After General Washington.
Date of Formation—1776. Area—458 square miles.
Court Terms—Jury, second Monday in February, May and Novem-
ber. Non-jury, first Monday in August.
Orphans’ Court Days—Tuesday and Friday in each week.


Elected Officers
(All elected officers may be addressed at the County Seat.)
Name Office Term Expires
Harper E. Ballentine State’s Attorney 1931
Edward Oswald Clerk of the Circuit Court 1927
John D. Hollyday Register of Wills 1930
Scott McClellan Kline - County Sheriff 1930
Albert B. Beyard Tax Collector 1931
Thomas L. Rickard County Commissioner 1930
Frank L. Bennett County Commissioner 1930
C. Edwin Carl County Commissioner 1930
Thomas Hassett County Commissioner 1930
G. Harvey Sprecher County Commissioner 1930
Lewis L. Bowers Clerk to County Commissioners 1931
Wm. H. A. Hamilton Judge Orphans’ Court (Chief) 1930
John B. Huyett Judge Orphans’ Court 1930
Charles C. Ford Judge Orphans’ Court 1930
J. B. Ferguson County Surveyor 1931

Officers Appointed by the Governor.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
(All Terms Expire 1929.)
Name Dist Address.
Harry E. SnyderMagistrate for Juvenile Cases Hagerstown
Richard Duffy Hagerstown Hagerstown
John H. Bitner Hagerstown Hagerstown
John S. Ward 1st Hancock
James T. Richards 2nd Williamsport
Joseph M. Nave 2nd Williamsport
Samuel Troupe 4th Clear Spring
George C. Huber 5th Hancock
John Ferguson 7th Smithsburg
James H. Keller 11th Sandy Hook

NOTARIES PUBLIC.
(All Terms Expire May, 1927.)
Name Address.
Carrie V. Alter Hagerstown
Edna M. Alexander Hagerstown
John V. Alexander Boonshoro
Thelma Arthur Hagerstown
James Cockran Annan Hagerstown
Myron L. Bloom Lydia
Daisy M. Bowers Hagerstown
Laura E. Bock Hagerstown
Mary E. Beeler Hagerstown