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

Name Office Term Expires
Edward J. Edelen.............................State's Attorney.......................................1947
Thomas B. R. Mudd................. ....... Clerk of the Circuit Court............... ..1946
Ruth E. Carpenter...........................Register of Wills.....................................1946
Bruce Shymansky..................................County Sheriff....................................... ......1946
Russell T. Howard.............................. County Treasurer ........................................1947
Bernard L. Perry................................County Commissioner...........................1946
William M. Boone.............................County Commissioner.........................1946
Francis B. Bolton..............................County Commissioner........................1946
W. Worthington Milstead..............Judge Orphans' Court (Chief) ............1946
K. Harvey Hayden..............................Judge Orphans' Court............................1946
Ernest N. Henderson.........................Judge Orphans' Court........................1946

Officers Appointed by the Governor
TRIAL MAGISTRATES
(All Terms Expire May, 1945)

Name Address
A. Read Bailey, for La Plata....... .............................................................................La Plata
Richard H. Stubbs, for Substitute..........................................................La Plata

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
(All Terms Expire May, 1945)

Name District Address
J. D. S. Roberts................................1st ...............................................Hughesville
Thomas M. Carpenter.....................5th..........................................................Newburg
R. C. Murphy..................................................7th..................................................Bryans Road
R. Hugh Knott...........................................7th...............................................Indian Head
O. W. Crismond........................................ 10th................................. .................. Marbury

SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS
(All Terms expire June, 1945)

Name Address
Xavier W. Garner, Sr....................Democrat ..................................................Springhill
Leo. K. Farrell...............................................Republican...........................................La Plata
Joseph LeRoy Greer........................Democrat .................................................Welcome

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Howard A. Townshend..................1949.....................................................Bel Alton
J. Thomas Bowling...................................1945....................................................Wicomico
William C. Abell...................................1947...............................................Indian Head

DORCHESTER COUNTY
County Seat..Cambridge

Origin of Name..After Earl Dorset, a family friend of the Calverts.
Date of Formation 1668. Area, 580.94 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.