CHARLES COUNTY
County Seat—La Plata.

Origin of Name—After Charles, Lord Baltimore.
Date of Formation—1658. Area—154 square miles.
Court Terms—Jury, third Monday in May and November. Non-
jury, third Monday in February and July.
Orphans' Court Days—First and third Tuesdays in each month.

Elected Officers
(All elected officers may be addressed at the County Seat.)

Name Office Term Expires
Ferdinand C. Cookgey................................State's Attorney ...................................................1931
Warren M. Albrittain...........................Clerk of the Circuit Court........................l930
George A. Wade............................Register of Wills................................................1930
Robert L. Cooksey.............................County Sheriff .............................................1930
Benjamin B. Compton...........................County Treasurer........................................ 1931
John W. Owen.........................County Commissioner ............................1930
Eugene Leigh Edelen.......................County Commissioner ............................1930
George H. Moreland................................County Commissioner ............................1930
Ernest N. Hendergon......................Judge Orphans' Court (Chief)...............1930
Elisha D. Jones..................................Judge Orphans' Court...........................l930
John R. Rice...........................................Judge Orphans' Court................................1930
Louis H. Steffens...............................County Surveyor ............................................1931

Officers Appointed by the Governor.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
(All Terms Expire May, 1931.)

Name Dist. Address

Walter H. Gray..................................... 1st............................................ La Plata
Walter Thompson ................................... 1st ........................................... Bel Alton
J. Read Bailey........................................ 4th..................................... Wicomico
Thomas M. Carpenter........................... 4th ............................................................... Faulkner
Joseph P. Johnson.................................... 5th.................................... Rock Point
W. Andrew Neale............................... 5th .............................................. Issue
Aloysius B. Gardiner................................................ 6th ...................................... Waldorf
Thomas M. Wilkerson.......................... 6th ...................................... Waldorf
Francis R. Mattingly.................................... 7th ................................... Indian Head
Louis A. deThierry............................... 7th.................................. Indian Head
John L. Wolf........................................... 8th .......................................... Bryantown
Otis W. Crismond......................................10th....................................................................... Marbury