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 - .. Anselm Sodaro 1955
Clerk Superior Court M Luther Pittman 1954
Clerk Circuit Court - Henry J. Ripperger 1954
Clerk Circuit Court No. 2 .. John S. Clarke 1954
Clerk Baltimore City Court John O. Rutherford 1954
Clerk Criminal Court - - Wilford L. Carter 1954
Clerk Court of Common Pleas Frank C. Robey 1954
Sheriff .. Joseph C. Deegan 1954
Register of Wills LeRoy C. Shaughnessy 1954
Judges of Orphans' Court .. Leo J. Cummings, Chief 1954
Samuel Lasch 1954
Dulany Foster 1954

City Surveyor ., .. - Edward J. Hecker , 1955
Supervisors of Elections Charles A. Dorsey, Chairman 1955
George Cavanagh 1955
Leo M. Welsh 1955

Supervisor of Assessments Robert L Mainen Indefinite

Board of School Commissioners Roszel C. Thomson, Pres 1956
J. Ben Robinson 1956
George W. F. McMechen 1956
Elizabeth L. Morrissy .. 1954
Victoria R. J. Rysanek. 1954
Walter Sondheim, Jr. .. 1954
J. Trueman Thompson 1952
John R. Sherwood 1952
D. C. Wharton Smith. 1952

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