CHARLES COUNTY
County Seat—La Plata.

Origin of Name—After Charles, Lord Baltimore.
Date of Formation—1658. Area—454 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
Edward J. Edelen .. State's Attorney 1935
Warren M Albrittain Clerk of the Circuit Court 1934
George A Wade Register of Wills 1934
Robert V Cooksey .. County Sheriff 1934
Joseph H Howard County Treasurer 1935
John W Owen County Commissioner 1934
Eugene Leigh Edelen County Commissioner 1934
George H Moreland County Commissioner 1934
Ernest N. Henderson Judge Orphans' Court (Chief) 1934
Charles D Carpenter Judge Orphans' Court 1934
John R Rice Judge Orphans' Court 1934
Louis H Steffens County Surveyor 1935

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
T Clifford Berry 6th Waldorf
Francis R. Mattingly .. 7th Indian Head
Louis A. deThierry 7th Indian Head
John L. Wolf .. . 8th Bryantown
Otis W Crismond .. 10th . Marbury