Officers Appointed by the Governor
TRIAL MAGISTRATES

(All Terms Expire May, 1946)

Name Address
J. Ralph Abell, for Leonardtown...............................................................Leonardtown
Robert S. Burroughs, (Substitute).........................................................Mechanicsville

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

Name District Address
William S. Raleigh......................................1st.........................................................................Ridge
Mace Birch .......................................................1st..............................................................St. Inigoea
Woodley B. Ridgell........................2nd ...........................................Great Mills
JohnW. Wathen......................................3rd............................................................Leonardtown
Thomas B. Brookbank......................4th........................................................Chaptico
James A. Latham.................................4th...................................................................Hurry
Allan H. Sydnor...................................7th..........................................................Bushwood
Harry P. Wise............................................8th....................................................Great Mills

SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS
(All Terms Expire June, 1945)

R. Norman Yates..........................................Democrat..............................................Compton
Guy Herbert................................................Democrat ......................................Mechanicsville
Harry Murphy........................................Republican...................................................Oakville

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Name Terms Expire Address
Mrs. Maud Gardiner.............. .. ...1949 .. .. .. .. ..Mechanicsville, R. F. D.
Mrs. Agnes K. Herbert .................... 1945........................................................Mechanicsville
Stanley L. Raley.............. ....................1947............................................................. St. Inigoes

SOMERSET COUNTY
County Seat..Princess Anne

Origin of Name..After Mary Somerset, sister of Cecilius Lord Baltimore.
Date of Formation..1666. Area..334.89 square miles.
Court Terms..Jury, second Monday in April and fourth Monday in
September. Non-jury, second Monday in January and July.
Orphans' Court Days..Every Tuesday in every month.

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

Name Office Term Expires
Prentiss W. Evans............ ... ... ......State's Attorney.......... .. ...... .. .. ..1947
Benjamin L. Barnes........................................... Clerk of the Circuit Court ....................1946
Florence E. Dryden..........................................Register of Wills...................... ............1946
Murray E. Ward .. .... .. ........................County Sheriff...........................................1946
Carlos Bozman............ ..................County Treasurer.................................................1947
W. Clyde Ford, Jr..........................................County Commissioner..........................1946
Norman Dryden................................................County Commissioner.........................1946