ENTERED according to the act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred

and thirty-nine, by RICHARD W. GILL and JOHN JOHNSON, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Maryland.

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT-St. Mary's, Charles and Prince George's counties.

Hon. JOHN STEPHEN, Chief Judge.

Hon. EDMUND KEY, Associate Judge.

Hon. CLEMENT DORSEY, do.

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT-Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne and Talbot counties.

Hon. E. F. CHAMBERS, Chief Judge.

Hon. PHILEMON B. HOPPER, Associate Judge.

Hon. JOHN B. ECCLESTON,

do.

THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT-Calvert, Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties.

Hon. THOMAS BEALE DORSEY, Chief Judge.

Hon. THOMAS H. WILKINSON, Associate Judge.

Hon. NICHOLAS BREWER, JR.

1837, vice The Hon. Charles J. Kilgour, deceased.

FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester

counties.

Hon. ARA SPENCE, Chief Judge.

Hon. WILLIAM TINGLE, Associate Judge.

Hon. BRICE J. GOLDSBOROUGH, Associate Judge.

FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT—Frederick, Washington and Allegany counties. Hon. JOHN BUCHANAN, Chief Judge.

Hon. ABRAHAM SHRIVER, Associate Judge.

Hon. THOMAS BUCHANAN,

do.

SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-Baltimore and Harford counties.

Hon. STEVENSON ARCHER, Chief Judge.

Hon. RICHARD B. MAGRUDER, Associate Judge.

Hon. JOHN PURVIANCE,

do.

OF BALTIMORE CITY COURT.

Hon. NICHOLAS BRICE, Chief Judge.

Hon. ALEXANDER NISBET, Associate Judge.

Hon. W. G. D. WORTHINGTON,

do.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

JOSIAH BAYLEY, Esquire.