Evening star., 1943-06-02
Commissioners Name
I Tax Assessors
For Montgomery
Three-Man Board Set Up
Under New Ruling
Of State Assembly

The Montgomery County COM
missioners yesterday appointed seven
assessors and a three-man Board of
Assessments for the county under
provisions of a bill passed at the
last session of the General Assembly
setting up continuous method of
assessment throughout the State.
Assessors named are Emory H.
Bogley, S. Murray Hamilton, Frank
L. Hewitt, John T. Culver, William
L. Aud, Robert S. Billhimer and
Garner w. Duvall. Messrs. Bogley,
Hamilton and Hewitt will comprise
the Board of Assessments.
The assessors were named from
list of 20 selected by the commits
sioners and approved by the State
Tax Commission. They will func-
tion under control of the State Tax
Commission through Wilton T.
Allen, supervisor of assessments for
the county, who is also under the
State commission, and are remov-
able only for cause and after trial
by the State Tax Commission. The
seven assessors were those with the
highest ratings flxed' by the State
commission.
Assessors Take Oath.
Messrs. Bogley, Hamilton and
Hewitt have composed the county
Board of Assessments for some time:
Mr.. Culver and Mr.. Aud have been
assessors, Mr.. Billhimer has been
clerk to the Assessment Board and
Mr.. Duvall has been in charge of
motor vehicle assessments. Under
the new arrangement they will re-
ceive the same annual salaries as
before, Mr.. Bogley, chairman, $4,000;
Messrs. Hamilton, Hewitt, Aud and
Billhimer, $4,000 each; Mr.. Culver.
S2,700, and Mr. Duvall, $24OO. Mr..
Blllhlmer has been designated chief
clerk of the Assessment Board. All
OF the appointees subscribed to the
oath in Rockville yesterday. They
were formerly under control of the
county commissioners and were re-
movable at the will of the commits
Sioners.
The law requires reassessment of
all real and personal property in
the county every five years. In that
connection, the State Tax Commits
sion recently divided the county into
five assessment districts. District
No. is composed of Laytonsville,
Clarksburg, Olney and Damascus
election districts, and preparations
are under way to begin reassessing
that area in the very near future, it
was stated. One assessment district
will be reassessed each year.
The commissioners accepted the
resignation of Ralph H. Chase of
Chevy Chase, as general manager of
the dispensary system of the Mont
gomery County Liquor Control
Board and named Edward S. Bow
man as acting manager Bowman
is superintendent of the county's
beer warehouse and will continue in
both capacities for the present, it
was said
New Clerk Named.
The board appointed Miss Mary
Louise Mullican of Rockville clerk
stenographer in the Office of the
County Health Department. She
succeeds Miss Jean Hawkins, re-
signed Miss Joyce Davis was re-
Gently named to the position but was
unable to accept it.
A request of Frank R. Griggs Of
the county police force that he be
granted six months leave of alb
sence without pay was granted.
Samuel E. Stonebraker of Bethesda
and John Williams of Takoma Park
were reappointed members of the
Montgomery County zoning Appeals
Board. The place on the board
made vacant by the death of DR..
Benjamin C. Perry has not yet been
filled.
Commissioner William H. Prescott
was authorized to confer with the
Capital Transit Co. on a request of
the company that all traffic lights
in the Bethesda area except the one
at the intersection of the East-West
Highway, Wisconsin avenue and the
Old Georgetown road be temporarily
discontinued in the interest of gas
oline conservation.
Commissioner Prescott also told
the board that he had taken the
matter up with the police and others
in the Bethesda neighborhood and
they were of the opinion that all
the lights, except possibly one, should
be operated daily except Sunday
during the rush hours and that he
would so advise the transit company.
Commissioner Prescott said that the
light at Connecticut avenue and
Bradley lane belongs to and is oper-
ated by the State Roads Commis-
sion.