570/Maryland Manual

Planning, Building, and Inspections

Planning and Zoning Commission
Edward M. DeMaso, Chairperson ..... 1984
Oscar A. Schuiz, County Commissioner
Elwood Burgess ................. 1982
Julius Grollman ................. 1982
Lewis E. Lane .................. 1982
Katherine Ruth ................. 1983
Walter Schmidt .................. 1983
Vacancy, County Planner ...............

Board of Zoning Appeals
A. A. MacGlashan III, Chairperson .......
Marion Leaverton, Vice-Chairperson .......
Janice Barnes .......................

Zoning Administrator
Wayne Gardner .....................

Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board
dark 0. Nicholson, Chairperson .........
Allen Cohey .......................
C. Olin Jarrell, Jr ....................
Dan Shortell .......................
Alfred White .......................

Economic Development Commission
Oscar A. Schuiz, Chairperson ............

Department of Public fVorks⁶⁰
Lawrence Morris, Director ..............

Water and Sewer Division
John C. Starnes, Chief ................

Roads Board
Board of County Commissioners, ex officio . .

Roads Engineer
Joe Brice ..........................

Sanitary Commission
Board of County Commissioners, ex officio . .

Plumbing Board
James Morris, Chairperson ..............
Fred Coursey .......................
Royden R. Curlett ...................
C. Windsor Hastings .................
William H. Knotts ...................

Plumbing Inspector
James Seward

Board of Electrical Examiners"
Noah M. Skinner, Jr., Chairperson ........
E. Theodore Kimble ..................
William Coppage ....................

"Chapter 356 and Chapter 851, Acts of 1973.
⁶¹ Chapter 400, Acts of 1969.

Alcoholic Beverages

Board of Liquor License Commissioners
William R. Maule, Jr., Chairperson ..... 1985
C. Melvin dark .................. 1985
Marjorie H. Oretel ................ 1985
Charles E. Smith, Attorney ..............
H. Wrightson Tolson, Inspector ..........
Nancy R. Jones, Clerk ................

Tidewater Affairs

Oystermen 's Tongers Advisory Committee
Robert Aaron, Chairperson .............
Warren Butler, Jr ....................
Joseph A. Coleman, Jr ................
Joseph Heim .......................
Robert C. Lowery ...................

Extension and Soil Conservation Services

Extension Agents
Susan A. Fry, Chairperson ..............
David L. Almquist ...................
Dian N. Councill ....................
Paul L. Gunther .....................
John E. Hall .......................
Ingrid H. Holmes ....................

Soil Conservation District Supervisors
George H. Godfrey, Chairperson ...... 1985
C. Frank Boyle, Vice-Chairperson ..... 1984
Royden N. Powell III (County Apointee), Trea-
surer .............................
J. Tilghman Bishop ............... 1986
Charles R. Patterson III ............ 1987
Paul L. Gunther, Extension Agent, Secretary
(non-voting)
William T. Davis, District Conservationist ....

ST. MARY'S COUNTY

County Seat: Leonardtown 20650

Origin: It was here that the passengers on the
Ark and the Dove landed at St. Clement's Is-
land on Annunciation Day, March 25, 1634.
St. Mary's, the first Maryland county, was es-
tablished in 1637, probably by an order of the
Governor.

Name: Named in honor of St. Mary, the mother
of Jesus.

Form of Government: County Commissioners

County Code: See Code of St. Mary's County,
State of Maryland (1978) with supplements.

Area: 410.22 sq. miles (372.54 land, 37.68 water)

Population 1900: 17,182
1950:29,111
1960: 38,915