246 MARYLAND MANUAL

II. BALTIMORE CITY

Note: When Baltimore City became a separate governmental
entity, divorced from all county connections, it maintained the offi-
cers characteristic of Maryland county government at that time with
the exception of those in the Executive branch who were called Mayor
and Council rather than Board of County Commissioners. Since that
time the expansion of the City has brought about a high degree of
specialization in the executive and administrative agencies so that the
present government of Baltimore, with the exception of the tradi-
tional county offices and functions, bears little resemblance to the
government of any of the counties.

It has been thought advisable for the purpose of the MARYLAND
MANUAL to list, first, the traditional county officers which have been
carried over into the City government and second those which are
characteristic only of the City. This distinction is, however, difficult
to make in the cases of more recent functions of local government
such as health, welfare and education and in these cases these agen-
cies have been listed with the traditional county officers for the sake
of convenience.

1. COUNTY OFFICES

State's Attorney................................... J. Bernard Wells........................1951

Clerk Superior Court............ ........M. Luther Pittman.................1960

Clerk Circuit Court...........................Henry J. Ripperger.................1950

Clerk Circuit Court No. 2..................John S. Clarke................ ..........1950

Clerk Baltimore City Court..........John 0. Rutherford...........1950

Clerk Criminal Court...............Wilford L. Carter........1950

Clerk Court of Common Pleas...Frank C. Robey..........-1950
Sheriff.........................................John C. Deegan.........1950

Register of Wills....................John H. Bouse..............1950

Judges of Orphans' Court.............Leo J. Cummings, Chief...........1950

Samuel Lasch ...................1950

Dulany Foster .....................1950

City Surveyor.................Edward J. Hecker........1951
Supervisors of Elections......Leo W. Welsh, Chm.................1951

Harry Singerman .................................1951

Leroy Frederick, Clk.....................l951

Frank J. Flynn, Asst. Clk.............l951

Charles A. Dorsey...................1951

Supervisor of Assessments......Robert L. Mainen...........indefinite

Board of School Commissioners.........Roszel C. Thomson, Pres.......1950

Elizabeth L. Morrissy.....1954
Victoria R. J. Rysanek..........1954

Walter Sondheim, Jr.........1954

J. Ben Robinson..................1950

George W. F. McMechen....1950
J. Trueman Thompson.....................l952

John R. Sherwood.............................1952

D. C. Wharton Smith....1952

Supt. of Public Instruction....William H. Lemmel....indefinite