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Paul M. Lefever .................
Francis L. Mergler, Jr. ............

Plumbing Board
J. Thomas Webb, Plumbing Inspector,
Chairperson ..................
Calvin G. Baumgart ..............
Clive T. Hendrix ................
Gerard I. Miller .................
Arnold Wyatt ..................

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Liquor Control Board, ex officio ......

Liquor Control Board
Philip J. Kurtz ................... 1981
Marvin L. Kravitz ................ 1982
Dennis W. Meadowcroft ............ 1983
Patricia Powell, Manager ...........

Liquor Inspector
James Fugitt ...................

INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION

Personnel Advisory Board
Albert J. McGann ................ 1982
Joan L. Preston .................. 1982
Stephen J. Valis .................. 1982
J. Thomas Barranger, County Executive .
Robert E. Greene, Personnel
Administrator .................

Educational Foundation
William S. James, Chairperson .......

Board of Ethics
Charles H. Reed, Chairperson .......
Walter George Banks .............
Charles E. Block, Jr. ..............

EXTENSION AND SOIL
CONSERVATION SERVICES

Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory
Board
Samuel B. Foard, Jr., Chairperson .....

Extension Agents
Lynn T. Wannan, Chairperson .......
Gail A. Beard ..................
J. William dark ................
Phyllis Johnson .................
Judith A. Miller .................
Reginald A. Traband .............

Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Worley N. Umbarger, Chairperson ..... 1982
Samuel T. Jones, (County appointee),
Vice-Chairperson ...............
Samuel B. Foard, Jr., Treasurer ....... 1983
H. Carl Stephen ................. 1981
John Richardson ................. 1984
Lynn T. Wannan, Extension Agent,
Secretary (non-voting) ............
Eric Herman, District Conservationist . . .

HOWARD COUNTY

County Seat: Ellicott City 21043

Origin: Howard District was created from Anne
Arundel County by Chapter 22, Acts of 1838,
which was confirmed by Chapter 50, Acts of
1839. It enjoyed the status of a county al-
though it was not represented in the General
Assembly. The County itself was created in
1851 by Article VIII, sec. I, of the Constitution
adopted that year.

Name: Named for John Eager Howard (1752-
1827), Revolutionary officer, Maryland Gover-
nor, and statesman.

Form of Government; Charter (1968)

County Code: See Howard County Code (1977)
with supplements.

Population, 1980 (County estimates):

Howard County ................. 116,728
Dist. 1, Elkridge ................. 7,857
Dist. 2, Ellicott City ............. 26,511
Dist. 3, West Friendship ........... 5,620
Dist. 4, Lisbon .................. 6,569
Dist. 5, Clarksville .............. 29,179
Dist. 6, Savage ................. 49,030

Area: 251 sq. miles