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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1964 NO. 97 >
MUNICIPALITIES ‑- GOVERNING BODIES ‑- SICK LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES ‑- AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SEVERANCE PAY BASED UPON ACCRUED SICK LEAVE ‑- EXCEPTION. (1) A city of the first class, in the absence of a restriction in its charter, has the authority to adopt by ordinance a plan for granting severance pay
AGO 1964 NO. 98 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- SICK LEAVE FOR CERTIFICATED AND NONCERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES ‑- WHEN LEAVE MAY BE TAKEN. (1) The phrase "contract of employment" as used in subsection 15 of RCW 28.58.100 must be construed to include all contracts of employment whether written or oral in respect to the
AGO 1964 NO. 99 >
TAXATION ‑- ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY ‑- STORAGE OF COMMODITIES MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED OUTSIDE OF STATE ‑- CANNED SALMON ‑- EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RCW 84.36.171. Canned salmon which has been manufactured or produced in states, territories or possessions of the United States outside the boundaries of
AGO 1964 NO. 100 >
ROADS AND BRIDGES ‑- (1) FERRIES ‑- VACATION OR RECONSTRUCTION ‑- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‑- PROCEDURE ‑- (2) SNOW REMOVAL FROM PRIVATE DRIVEWAY AND ROADS ‑- OBLIGATION OF STATE OR COUNTY TO PLOW SNOW FROM ENTRANCES WITHIN RIGHTS-OF-WAY. (1) The vacation of a ferry service by a board of county
AGO 1964 NO. 101 >
DISTRICTS ‑- IRRIGATION ‑- TOLLS FOR SERVICES ‑- DATE DELINQUENT ‑- INTEREST. The board of directors of an irrigation district charging tolls for services must fix the date from which tolls will be delinquent and interest should be charged on the tolls declared by the board to be delinquent.
AGO 1964 NO. 102 >
MOTOR VEHICLES ‑- DRIVER EDUCATION ACT ‑- DEPOSIT OF BAIL ‑- PENALTY ASSESSMENT ‑- CONFINEMENT PRIOR TO TRIAL ‑- REFUND WHERE FORFEITURE IS VACATED AND NO FINE IS IMPOSED ‑- ALLOCATION OF MONEY WHERE INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT IS PAID TO COVER FINE, COSTS AND PENALTY ASSESSMENT. (1) Under § 5, chapter 39
AGO 1964 NO. 103 >
FUNERAL DIRECTORS ‑- DISPOSITION OF REMAINS ‑- CREMATION ‑- EMBALMING ‑- COFFIN ‑- EFFECT OF MISREPRESENTATION BY FUNERAL DIRECTOR. (1) There is no statutory mandate requiring the embalming of a body prior to cremation. (2) There is no statutory requirement that a coffin be purchased prior to the
AGO 1964 NO. 104 >
DISTRICTS ‑- DRAINAGE ‑- WARRANTS ‑- ISSUANCE ‑- COUNTY AUDITOR. Drainage district commissioners may not issue warrants independently of the county auditor's office.  The commissioners authorize the issuance of warrants but the mechanical procedure of issuance must be performed by the county
AGO 1964 NO. 105 >
COURTS ‑- JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ‑- NOT OPERATING UNDER 1961 JUSTICE COURT ACT ‑- MISDEMEANOR ‑- WARRANT OF ARREST ‑- SERVICE LIMITED BY TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF COURT. A warrant of arrest charging a misdemeanor issued by a justice court located in a county which has not adopted the provisions of
AGO 1964 NO. 106 >
COURTS ‑- JUSTICE COURTS ‑- 1961 JUSTICE COURT ACT ‑- ADOPTION BY COUNTIES AFTER 1962 ‑- EFFECT ON TERMS OF ELECTED JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IF ACT IS MADE WHOLLY OPERATIVE DURING TERM ‑- APPOINTMENT OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AS JUSTICE COURT JUDGE UNDER 1961 JUSTICE COURT ACT ‑- SALARY. A justice of