Cities and Towns
BALTIMORE CITY
Origin: Originally incorporated by Chapter 68,
Acts of 1796. Baltimore City, as a governmen-
tal unit, was separated from Baltimore County
in 1851.
Name: The name of Baltimore City, like that of
Baltimore County, derives from the name of
the proprietary's Irish Barony.
Population, 1970:905,787
Estimated Population, July 1, 1979: 774,000
Area: 78.3 sq. miles
JUDICIAL OFFICES
Administrative Office of the Supreme Bench
Room 310
Civil Courts Building
III N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 396-5064
Superior Court
Land Division
Room 610
Criminal Courts Building
100 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 752-6956
Legal Division
Room 460
Civil Courts Building
111 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 752-6956
Court of Common Pleas
Room 140
Criminal Courts Building
100 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 727-7708
Baltimore City Court
Room 452
Civil Courts Building
111 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 752-2719
Circuit Court
Room 433
Civil Courts Building
111 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 727-6917
Circuit Court No. 2
Room 409

Baltimore City/523
Civil Courts Building
III N. Calvert St
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 539-6240
Criminal Court
Criminal Courts Building
100 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 752-0788
Orphans' Court
Room 311
Civil Courts Building
III N. Calvert St.
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 752-5131
Court Terms:
Supreme Bench—September through June, Sum-
mer Assignment
Orphans' Court Days—Monday through Friday,
10:30 AM.-12:00 noon
Supreme Bench Judges
Anselm Sodaro, Chief Judge 1989
Robert L. Karwacki, Circuit
Administrative Judge 1989
J. Harold Grady 1979
Elsbeth Levy Bothe 1980
James A. Perrott 1981
Albert L. Sklar 1981
Paul A. Dorf 1983
Robert 1. H. Hammerman 1983
Joseph C. Howard 1983
James W. Murphy 1985
David Ross 1985
Basil A. Thomas 1985
Robert B. Watts 1985
Marshall A. Levin 1987
Mary Arabian 1991
Martin B. Greenfeld 1991
John R. Hargrove 1991
Shirley B. Jones 1993
Edgar P. Silver 1993
Milton B. Allen 1993
Solomon Baylor 1993
Joseph H. H. Kaplan 1993
Administrative Office of the Supreme Bench
(Created by section 22-1, subtitle 22, Code of
Public Local Laws of Baltimore City, 1969 ed.)
Selig Solomon, Administrator
Division of Court House Security
(Created by section 22-6, subtitle 22, Code of
Public Local Laws of Baltimore City, 1969 ed.)
Eugene Brukiewa, Chief