Officers Appointed by the Governor
TRIAL MAGISTRATES

(All Terms Expire May, 1947)

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, 1947)
Name District Address

R. C. Murphy................... 7th .... ... ........... ...Bryans Road
R. Hugh Knott ............7th.. .... ...........Indian Head
O. W. Crismond ......... ... ....10th ........... .. ........... Marbury
Joseph Walter Thompson ........... .... .. .... ....Bel Alton

SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS
(All Terms Expire June, 1947)

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

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Name Term Expires Address

Howard A. Townshend ....1949 .... .. ..... —Bel Alton
J. Thomas Bowling...... 1951 .. ...... ........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—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 ...................... 1947
Roy S. Melvin..........................Clerk of the Circuit Court............1946
Russell P. Smith...................Register of Wills........................1946
Rufus W. Dean..........................County Sheriff.. ........................ .......1946
John S. Skinner................ .......County Treasurer .............................1947
L. D. T. Noble........................County Commissioner...............1946
Charles E. Brohawn.................County Commissioner .....................1946
James E. Andrews............... County Commissioner ............1946
John J. Barth— ............Judge Orphans' Court (Chief)....1946
John T. Adams ..... —.. — Judge Orphans' Court.....................1946
James C. Johnson............... Judge Orphans' Court ......... ....1946
Lawrence F. Simmons.......... County Surveyor .. .. — ...1947
*In Miltiary Service. Frederick P. McBriety—Acting State's Atty.