Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1953 NO. 62 >
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE TO VETERAN'S INELIGIBLE AS ORIGINAL MEMBERS One who left state employment prior to 1947, served in armed forces continuously thereafter, and returned to state employment within year of discharge, but too late to become "original
AGO 1953 NO. 63 >
LICENSING ‑- VEHICLES IN EXCESS OF LEGAL WIDTH AND LENGTH ‑- WHETHER OR NOT SEATTLE TRANSIT BUSES IN EXCESS OF THE LEGAL WIDTH AND LENGTH REQUIREMENTS MAY BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSES The Director of Licenses may issue licenses to Seattle transit buses in excess of the legal width and
AGO 1953 NO. 64 >
REAL ESTATE BROKER AND SALESMAN LICENSE FEES Temporary salesman's licenses issued under the prior law are not revoked by chapter 235, Laws of 1953.  The increase in license fees provided for in 1953 act is applicable to all licenses issued subsequent to June 11, 1953.  The amount paid in
AGO 1953 NO. 65 >
OFFICERS ‑-DEATH ‑-DEATH CERTIFICATES ‑- WHO SHOULD SIGN 1. Where death occurs without medical attendance and circumstances suggest that the death or still-birth [[stillbirth]]was caused by unlawful or unnatural causes, the coroner, or if there is no coroner, the prosecuting attorney should sign
AGO 1953 NO. 66 >
MUNICIPAL TAX LEVIES -- CORRECTION OF ERROR BY COUNTY OFFICERS IN CERTIFICATION, OR TRANSMISSION Where municipal officials make lawful tax levy, inadvertent error in transmission by county officials can be corrected, within reasonable time.          
AGO 1953 NO. 67 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- ADVANCEMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS ‑- SUBMISSION TO VOTERS THE QUESTION OF ADVANCEMENT-- ELECTION OF FREEHOLDERS 1. The vote of the electors on the question of advancement of a city to the first class is advisory only. 2. An ordinance is ineffective which
AGO 1953 NO. 68 >
FREE FISHING LICENSES FOR THE BLIND ‑- BLINDNESS Any bona fide resident of the state who is totally blind or whose vision is so impaired as to be classified as blind under the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Assistance, Division for the Blind, is eligible to be issued a free state
AGO 1953 NO. 69 >
COUNTIES ‑- AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GRANTS PARKS ‑- OPERATED BY COUNTY THROUGH NON-PROFIT [[NONPROFIT]]CORPORATION A county may accept a dedication under section 4 of the Columbia Basin Project Act of lands to be used for park purposes under the control and management of a non-profit [[nonprofit]]
AGO 1953 NO. 70 >
STATE TREASURER ‑- OFFICIAL BOND ‑- EMPLOYEES OF STATE --TREASURER ‑- FIDELITY BONDS ‑- SCOPE OF COVERAGE 1. The general bond of the State Treasurer to the State of Washington in the amount of $250,000 covers all the various state funds and trust funds of which he is custodian, with the exception
AGO 1953 NO. 71 >
ARRESTED PERSONS ‑- RIGHTS OF PRIVACY ‑- POLICE PHOTOGRAPHS ‑- PUBLICATION VIA TELEVISION A municipal police department should not make police photographs of persons arrested for a felony available to television stations for transmission in connection with news programs prior to conviction unless