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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1950 NO. 375 >
COUNTIES ‑- BONDS ‑- TOTAL COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS LIMITED TO FIVE PER CENT OF TAXABLE PROPERTY A county may not issue bonds for county purposes for the full amount of five per cent and also issue county road bonds for an additional five per cent of the taxable property.      
AGO 1950 NO. 376 >
USE OF PARKWAY 1. The State Capitol Committee does not now have the authority to limit the use of the road and parkway now being constructed on the west side of the Des Chutes Basin. 2. The state agency vested by the legislature with authority to maintain and control the road and parkway now being
AGO 1950 NO. 377 >
BALLOTS CONFLICTING INITIATIVE MEASURES Two initiatives separately proposed but containing conflicting subject matter must be submitted to the voters as independent propositions.                     
AGO 1950 NO. 378 >
SCHOOLS ‑- PUPILS ‑- POWER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REFUSE ADMISSION TO PUPILS NOT SIX YEARS OLD 1. A school district may refuse a pupil admission to first grade who is not six years old by September 30. 2. Regulations requiring pupils be six years old by September 30 not
AGO 1950 NO. 379 >
REFERENDUM ON LEGISLATION TO REVISE WELFARE LAWS Legislation to revise welfare laws can be enacted by the 1951 legislature which will not be subject to referendum.                       
AGO 1950 NO. 380 >
CITIES ‑- SALARIES ‑- RAISE DURING TERM OF OFFICE A proposed raise in salary to be effective before a successor to the office has been elected and qualified would be invalid.                     
AGO 1950 NO. 381 >
SOCIAL SECURITY ‑- STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ASSUMING HEALTH SERVICES TO RECIPIENTS 1. Section 7 of Initiative 178 transfers the legal responsibility for providing necessary medical care and health services to recipients of public assistance and medical indigents from the Department of Social
AGO 1950 NO. 382 >
DENTAL TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS Under the Apprenticeship Training Program the participant is not required to sign a contract unless said contract complies with the apprenticeship laws and all lawfully adopted standards.             
AGO 1950 NO. 383 >
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ‑- FEES FOR TAKING BAIL A non-salaried justice of the peace is entitled to a fee of seventy-five cents for taking recognizance of bail in the situation where a traffic violator promises to appear and then posts bail.           
AGO 1950 NO. 384 >
STATE HIGHWAYS ‑- ABANDONMENT ‑- BRIDGES A bridge upon a state highway is a part thereof, but becomes a part of a county road, and must be maintained by the county or counties as such, upon certification by the Director of Highways to the board or boards of county commissioners of the county or