Other LanguagesCounty Commissioners may by resolution or ordinance regulate animals running at large in the unincorporated areas of their respective counties and provide for the appointment of a county poundmaster.There is no basic reason why a city poundmaster may not be also appointed as a county poundmaster.
1. A portion of state highway abandoned by the state of Washington and certified to a county must be maintained by the county. 2. The county commissioners are authorized to exercise discretion in determining whether or not any particular road can be kept free of snow all winter.
The statutory limitation contained in the proviso to chapter 200, Laws of 1949, is inapplicable to a supervisor directly employed by and under the supervision of the county commissioners.
County Commissioners in the exercise of their discretion may by emergency resolution declare that a public emergency exists and appropriate additional funds to the general class of "salaries and wages," over and above amount provided by annual budget.
Within the limitations of the budget law, county commissioners of third class counties may authorize construction of public buildings by means other than awarding a contract on a competitive bid basis provided the public works statutes are followed.
1. Deputy Sheriff on regular patrol away from county seat not entitled to lunch at county expense. 2. County commissioner residing away from county seat not entitled to mileage, meals and lodging when performing county business at county seat.
County commissioners may make ordinance regulating possession and use of firearms by minors, not in conflict with RCW 9.41.240.
County board of education members are entitled to a mileage allowance set by said board even though in excess of the maximum set down for county officials by the board of county commissioners.
The Board of County Commissioners of Clallam County cannot establish a civil service or merit system without a statute enabling them to do so.
1. RCW 36.17.020 (1953 Supp.), allowing "ten dollars per diem for expenses to commissioners in counties of the sixth, seventh, and eighth classes, does not repeal or amend RCW 36.17.030, allowing mileage, subsistence and lodging to county officers. 2. The "ten dollars per diem for expenses" authorized for commissioners in sixth, seventh, and eighth class counties by RCW 36.17.020 (1953 Supp.) is a limitation upon non-travel [[nontravel]] expenses of those commissioners; such expenses may be incurred, up to a maximum of ten dollars, on any day in which any portion of the commissioner's time is devoted to county business. 3. Commissioners in the counties affected have been entitled to such expenses since the effective date of RCW 36.17.020 (1953 Supp.) (midnight, June 10th, 1953) even though they were already in office on that date.