Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1950 NO. 299 >
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICERS MAY QUARANTINE PATIENTS IN VETERANS HOSPITALS WITH THE APPROVAL OF HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES. Veterans Administration doctors may be appointed deputy health officers to examine patients with communicable diseases.County health officers may quarantine patients in veterans hospitals
AGO 1950 NO. 300 >
STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ‑- PARTICIPATION BY HOUSING AUTHORITIES. Housing authorities may participate in retirement system provided approval secured from federal agencies providing funds.                 
AGO 1950 NO. 301 >
SCHOOLS -- ATTENDANCE RECORDS ‑- MINIMUM TERM OF SCHOOL REQUIRED BY LAW. 1. If the official school records of the county do not show any attendance for a school district, county superintendent may conclude that the school district has not had an average daily attendance of five or more pupils
AGO 1950 NO. 302 >
DISTRICT BOARD OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS MANDATORY ON CITIES WITHIN A DISTRICT. Rules adopted by District Board of Health operate throughout the jurisdiction including cities, superseding any conflicting ordinances. A city cannot enact a fee for providing services assumed by Health District
AGO 1950 NO. 303 >
PRISONS ‑- TRANSPORTATION OF PRISONERS. Penitentiary warden must take responsibility for transporting prisoners for court appearances.                            
AGO 1950 NO. 304 >
FISH PASSAGE FACILITIES FOR HIGHWAY CULVERTS. Highway culvert facilities maintained in such a manner as to constitute an obstruction to the passage of migratory fish are unlawful and under the provisions of section 47, chapter 112, Laws of 1949.  Counties and other governmental agencies are
AGO 1950 NO. 305 >
CONSTITUTION ‑- PROVISIONS AS TO PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION TO VOTERS OF MEASURES AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO PEOPLE. Constitutional provisions for publication of proposed amendments to constitution, and of measures referred to the people are mandatory, and compliance with such
AGO 1950 NO. 306 >
TAXATION ‑- PERSONAL PROPERTY ‑- EXEMPTIONS ‑- BUILDINGS ON U. S. OWNED LAND ‑- TIME OF ACQUISITION OF LANDS BY U. S. Buildings and other structures upon lands in taxable ownership on January first but in tax-exempt (United States) ownership later in that
AGO 1950 NO. 307 >
STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ‑- AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT AND IMPROVE PROPERTY WITHIN CITY. The State Parks and Recreation Commission does not have jurisdiction to accept or improve property within the limits of an incorporated city.           
AGO 1950 NO. 308 >
STATE TRAINING SCHOOL INMATES WORKING IN STATE PARKS FOR PAY. Permissible to employ selected boys from Training School to state park development at nominal pay.