ALLEGANY COUNTY
County Seat..Cumberland

Origin of Name..From Oolikhanna, meaning beautiful stream.
Date of Formation..1789. Area..425.16 square miles.
Court Terms..Jury, first Monday in January and October, second
Monday in April. Non-jury, first Thursday in July.
Orphans' Court Days..Every Tuesday and Friday.

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

Name Office Term Expires
Morgan C. Harris....................State's Attorney..........................................1947
Robert Jackson............................Clerk of the Circuit Court ..........................1946
George E. Jordan....................Register of Wills.............................................1946
Frederick C. Dreyer................. County Treasurer.........................................1947
Simeon W. Green..........................County Commissioner......................................1946
James Holmes...............................County Commissioner.....................................1946
Charles N. Wilkinson ..............County Commissioner............................................1946
James G. Stevenson.....................Clerk to County Commissioners ..................1946
Bernard B. Young...................Judge of the Orphan's Court (Chief) ......1946
R. Hilary Lancaster....................Judge of the Orphans' Court .............................1946
James F. Van Meter ................ ..........Judge of the Orphans' Court ..........................1946
David Steel.......................... ....................County Sheriff.... .................. .. ...................................................... 1946

Officers Appointed by the Governor
Trial Magistrates
(All Terms Expire May, 1945)

James P. Kenney, for Frostburg................ .................. ................................Frostburg
Oliver H. Bruce, Jr., for Cumberland..........................................................Cumberland
Frank A. Perdew, for Cumberland.......................................................... Cumberland
Owen L. Porter, for Frostburg.....................................................................................Frostburg
Alphonsus W. Determan, for Westernport.....................................................Westernport
Bernard F. McPartland, for Lonaconing........................................Lonaconing
Aloysius Monahan, for Mt. Savage.,.................................................Mt. Savage
Thomas E. Stakem, for Midland ....................................................................Midland
Roy S. Bowman, for Cresaptown........................................................Cresaptown
Harold E.Naughton, (Substitute).................................................................. .Cumberland
Joseph P. McCormick, for Barton........................ .. ................................................................................Barton

Justices of the Peace
(All Terms Expire May, 1946)

Mrs. Elizabeth R. Menefee, Magistrate for Juvenile cases....................Cumberland
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