Salisbury with his father under the firm name of Miles and
Miles. Upon the death of his father in November, 1917, he
continued to practice alone for several years and in 1925 he
formed the law firm of Miles, Bailey and Williams in Salis-
bury, of which he is now the senior member.

He was a delegate from Wicomico County to the House of
Delegates at the 1920 session of the General Assembly and
from 1925 to 1932 was City Solicitor for the City of Salis-
bury. He served as a member of the State Tax Survey Com-
mission appointed in 1931 by Governor Ritchie pursuant to
a joint resolution of the General Assembly, and in 1932 as
a member of the State Banking Commission appointed by
Governor Ritchie to review the State Banking Laws and
Regulations. Mr. Miles was Chairman of the State Demo-
cratic Campaign. Committee during the Gubernatorial and
Congressional campaign of 1934 and was elected Treasurer
of Maryland by the General Assembly at its session of 1935
and assumed the duties of that office January 29, 1935, and
was reelected Treasurer by the General Assembly at its
1939 session. By virtue of his office as Treasurer of Mary-
land, he is a member of the Board of Trustees and Treas-
urer of the State Teachers' Retirement System and a
member of the Boards of the several State-owned insti-
tutions. He was elected Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the State Teachers' Retirement System.

Since May, 1932, he was President of County Trust
Company of Maryland (formerly The Eastern Shore Trust
Company), which company operates banks in ten counties
of Maryland, with its main bank in Cambridge and its
executive offices in Baltimore City, until March, 1937, when
he resigned, upon his election as Executive Vice-President
and a director of the Baltimore National Bank.

Mr. Miles was married in 1919 to Miss A. Frances Will-
iams, daughter of the late L. Ernest and Georgia Todd Will-
iams of Salisbury. Mr. and Mrs. Miles reside in Balti-
more and have three children.

CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

Clerk of the Court of Appeals: JAMES A. YOUNG (Demo-
crat) , Cumberland, Maryland.

James A. Young was born at Keyser, West Virginia, May
4, 1879. Two years later his parents moved into Allegany
County. He attended the public schools in Barton, Moscow
Mills and Cumberland. He learned the job of printing trade