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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1950 NO. 365 >
PAROLE OF CERTAIN INMATES IN STATE INSTITUTIONS Section 50, chapter 198, Laws of 1949, should be construed as applying to all the specific types of persons who are committed under the provisions of chapter 198, Laws of 1949.             
AGO 1950 NO. 366 >
STATE SCHOOLS FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES For reasons given, a criminal charge may not properly be filed under section 20, chapter 198, Laws of 1949, against an individual harboring an escapee from either Lakeland Village or Rainier State School.           
AGO 1950 NO. 367 >
MARRIAGE ‑- FEMALE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE The County Auditor should not issue a marriage license where the application shows that the male is over twenty-one, but the application further either shows that the female is under eighteen or the County Auditor has knowledge that such female is
AGO 1950 NO. 368 >
LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS Where petition is filed for a local option election in a unit consisting of all portions of a county outside of incorporated cities and towns, and certain territory has, subsequent to the last general election and prior to the election at which the question is sought to be
AGO 1950 NO. 369 >
SCHOOLS ‑- TEACHER'S SALARY EARNED IN NINE MONTHS ‑- SALARY PAID IN TWELVE INSTALLMENTS ‑- INTERPRETATION OF TEACHERS CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT (1) By virtue of the agreement between Eulah Blackwell and the superintendent of the school, the Eulah Blackwell estate is entitled to the sum of $600. (2)
AGO 1950 NO. 370 >
VETERANS' RELIEF ACT OF 1947 ‑- APPLICABILITY TO MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES SERVING IN THE KOREAN WAR, AND THEIR FAMILIES United States service personnel who have served or are serving in the Korean campaign and/or their families are entitled to aid or assistance under the provisions of
AGO 1950 NO. 371 >
SCHOOLS ‑- TEACHERS' SALARIES ‑- PAYMENT IN TWO SCHOOL FISCAL YEARS After the directors elected at the annual school election shall have entered upon the discharge of their duties, the board of directors of a school district may make a valid contract employing a teacher who is to receive
AGO 1950 NO. 372 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- CITY PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS FUND ‑- AVAILABLE ONLY TO PAY L.I.D. ASSESSMENT AGAINST CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ‑- FEDERAL PROPERTY It is not proper for the City of Seattle to use money belonging to the City Property Assessments Redemption Fund for paying local improvements assessments
AGO 1950 NO. 373 >
JUDGES ‑- SUPERIOR COURT ‑- INCUMBENT IN ONE DEPARTMENT AS "WRITE‑IN" CANDIDATE IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT An incumbent judge may run as a "write‑in" candidate for the same position in another department so long as his name will not appear on the ballot twice.        
AGO 1950 NO. 374 >
LIABILITY OF WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR DAMAGES FROM DIVERTED SURFACE WATERS CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION WORK 1. The State College of Washington is liable to private property owners for damage from surface waters where such surface waters have been diverted from their