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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1953 NO. 21 >
FIREMEN'S RELIEF AND PENSION ACTS ‑- "PRIOR FIREMAN" ‑- REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS. A fireman who has been employed in a fire department since 1945 is entitled to a refund of his contributions made pursuant to the 1947 act where the city which employed him had no relief and pension plan in effect
AGO 1953 NO. 22 >
ASSIGNMENTS ‑- REVOCATION ‑- ASSIGNMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS ‑-JUDGES ‑- RETIREMENT BENEFITS ‑- ASSIGNMENT REVOCATION.  Pension benefits due a retired supreme court judge under RCW 2.12 are assignable. Such an assignment may be revoked at any time before the payments become due and a
AGO 1953 NO. 23 >
VETERANS' BONUS ‑- ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES ‑- CHANGES IN AUDITOR'S ESTIMATES ‑- LIMITATION UPON BY 1953 APPROPRIATION.  1. The Governor has power to revise State Auditor's estimate of expense of administering Veterans' Bonus Act.  2. State Auditor's authority to incur expenses for the
AGO 1953 NO. 24 >
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT ‑- CIVIL SERVICE ‑- CITY POLICE ‑- RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL REQUIRING POLICE OFFICERS TO TAKE EXAMINATIONS.  The chief of police and members of the department may be required to take an examination for their respective positions.  The City of Enumclaw may not employ
AGO 1953 NO. 25 >
BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE APPEALS ‑- RULE‑MAKING POWER ‑- DEPOSITIONS. The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals may promulgate a rule giving it authority to deny or limit the taking of depositions of the medical testimony of a general practitioner who was not the attending physician of the
AGO 1953 NO. 26 >
FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS OF STATE AGENCIES BY HIGHWAY COMMISSION.  (RELOCATION OF VISITORS INFORMATION CENTER, PROJECT OF DIVISION OF PROGRESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT, ON PRIMARY STATE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY).  Highway Commission may legally expend Motor Vehicle
AGO 1953 NO. 27 >
JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES ‑- HABITUAL CRIMINAL ‑- JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES TO PAROLE AN INMATE CONVICTED UNDER HABITUAL CRIMINAL STATUTE.  (1) The Board of Prison Terms and Paroles has jurisdiction to parole a person convicted of being
AGO 1953 NO. 28 >
PORT DISTRICTS ‑- AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONERS TO EXPEND DISTRICT FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A BREAKWATER WHICH IS NOT CONNECTED WITH GENERAL PURPOSES OF THE PORT DISTRICT. Commissioners of a port district, in the exercise of their discretionary powers, may amend the district's comprehensive plan to
AGO 1953 NO. 29 >
TAXATION ‑- CONTRACT VENDEES INTEREST ‑- IN STANDING TIMBER ON INDIAN LANDS ‑- VALUATION. The interest of private contract vendees in standing timber situated upon tribal and allotted lands within the Colville Indian Reservation is taxable by Okanogan County as personal property. The value for tax
AGO 1953 NO. 30 >
COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO OUT OF STATE DUTIES UNDER THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT. Supervisory employees of a corporation having its principal place of business within the State of Washington who are assigned to other states for the performance of certain services are in "employment"