DORCHESTER COUNTY
County Seat..Cambridge

Origin of Name..After Earl Dorset, a family friend of the Calverts..
Date of Formation 1668.. Area, 680.94 square miles.
Court Terms..Jury, fourth Monday in April, fourth Monday in October
Non-jury, fourth. Monday in. January and July.
Orphans' Court Days..Every Tuesday.

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

Name Office Term Expires
Calvin. Harrington, Jr.....................State's Attorney..................................1943
Roy S. Melvin.,................................. Clerk of the Circuit Court .... ...........1942
Russell P. Smith..............................Register of Wills...................................1942
James R. Thomas............................County Sheriff......................................1942
John S. Skinner.................................County Treasurer.................................1943
Marcie W. Bloodsworth . ...........County Commissioner........................1942
Jacob H. Robbing............................County Commissioner........................1942
James E. Andrews..........................County Commissioner........................1942
John T. Adams..................... .............Judge Orphans' Court (Chief) ........ .1942
James C. Johnson............................Judge Orphans' Court.........................1942
John J. Barth..................................Judge Orphans' Court...................... .1942
Lawrence F. Simmons....................County Surveyor ..................... ..........1943

Officers Appointed by the Governor
TRIAL MAGISTRATES

(All Terms Expire May, 1943)

Name Address
Floyd N. Harper, for.. .. . .. .......................... .............................. ... . Hullock
William T. Nabb, for................... ......................................................Cambridge
George W. James............................. .................... .................................Substitute

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
(All Terms Expire May, 1943)

Name District Address
J. Millard Reid................................... 3rd................................. ...................Vienna
Horace R. Toad ................. ............ 8th...................... R. F. D. 2, Cambridge

SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS

(All Terms Expire June, 1943)

Name Address
C. Elwood Cheesman...................... Democrat.........................................Madison
Ira Y. Wheatley......... ......... ..........Democrat....................................Cambridge
Edwin C. Hopkins, Jr.....................Republican................................. Cambridge

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Name Term Expires Address
Donald Richardson..........................1942......................................Church Creek
James A. Joy....................................1943............................................Cambridge
W. T. Wheatley..............................1944..............................................Secretary
Albert F. Kirwan............................1945............................................Cambridge
Alton H. Spear................................1946.,.............................................. ..Vienna
James N. Medford........................ .1947..................... ....... ....... . .......Hurlock