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Hammond Urner, Frederick County 1909
Henry Stockbridge, Baltimore City 1911-1924
Albert Constable, Cecil County - - 1912-1919
William H. Adkins, Talbot County 1919-
T. Scott Offutt, Baltimore County 1920-
W. Mitchell Digges, Charles County 1923-
Carroll T. Bond, Baltimore City 1924-
Chief Judge 1924-
Francis Neal Parke, Carroll County 1924-
William C. Walsh, Allegany County 1924-1926
D. Lindley Sloan 1926-
THE LAND OFFICE.
John Lewger, Member of the Council, officer in charge of land
grants, etc 1637
John Lankford, “during his natural life"--Surveyeor General 1641
Robert Clarke, Surveyor-General 1648
Jerome Clarke, Surveyor-General - 1664
Baker Brooke, Sureyvor-General - 1674
Vincent Lowe, Surveyor-General 1679 to 1680
In 1680 the Land Office Was Created, with a Register on Each Shore.
John Llewellin, Register for Western Shore.
Vachel Downes, Register forEastern Shore.
Henry JJarnal, Register - 1688
Charles Carroll, Register - - 1712
Edward Griffith, Register - 1715
Edmund Jennings, Judge and Register - 1738
Levin Gale, Judge and Register - 1738
Philip Thomas, Judge and Register 1743
Benj. Tasker and Benj. Young, Judgesand Registers 1746
Benj. Young and George Stuart, Judgesand Registers 1747
Benedict Calvert and George Stuart,Judges and Registers 1756
St. George Peale, Reigster 1777
John Calahan, Register - 1779
John Kilty, Register - 1806
John Brewer, Register - 1812
G. G. Brewer, Register - 1827
In 1841 the Eastern Shore Office Was Transferred to the
Western Shore.
U. G. Brewer, Register for Western Shore.
Samuel Roberts, Register for Eastern Shore.
The Constitution of 1851 Created the Office of Commissioner
of the Land Office.
James Murray - - 1852
William L. W. Seabrook - - - 1857
George L. L. Davis 1868
William R. Hayward 1869
(In June, 1918, Mr. Ritchie was appointed general counsel to the War
Industries Board, and Ogle Marbury, Assistant Attorney General, became
Acting Attorney General until January 1, 1919, when Mr. Ritchie returned
to his post.)
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