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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1950 NO. 385 >
ELECTIONS -- DUTIES OF COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD TO CANVASS AND OF COUNTY AUDITOR TO ISSUE ELECTION CERTIFICATE BASED UPON RETURNS IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION WHERE THROUGH HONEST MISTAKE -- APPORTIONMENT NOT FOLLOWED Canvass of election and issuance of certificate of election are ministerial duties;
AGO 1950 NO. 386 >
INITIATIVE 178 ‑- SUPERVISION AND OPERATION OF KING COUNTY HOSPITAL Section 15 of Initiative 178 does not repeal chapter 139, Laws of 1931.  The Board of Trustees is still responsible for the administration, supervision and operation of such county hospital.      
AGO 1950 NO. 387 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- CONTRACTS ‑- INTERESTED OFFICERS ‑- RENTAL OF MACHINE The mayor of a fourth class town may not charge rental for use of a machine by the town in excess of $50.00 for any one month.  Any excess charge is void and where wilfully incurred and charged, subjects the officer to
AGO 1950 NO. 388 >
CONSTABLE FEES Only a single statutory service fee may be allowed for the service by a constable of a notice and complaint, issued by a Justice of the Peace, on one defendant.                      
AGO 1950 NO. 389 >
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS ‑- LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS MAY NOT BE CO-EXTENSIVE [[COEXTENSIVE]]IN AREA WITH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS One local improvement district may not include the whole of the fire protection district under which it is to be organized.        
AGO 1950 NO. 390 >
COMPENSATION DUE DEPUTY COUNTY CORONERS Deputy county coroners may be compensated for services rendered in such amount as shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners.                     
AGO 1950 NO. 391 >
INTOXICATING LIQUOR ‑- CONSUMPTION IN UNLICENSED CLUBS A bona fide private club need not be licensed in order for its members to consume their own liquor on the premises, and whether a club is operating illegally is a question of fact.           
AGO 1950 NO. 392 >
FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT -- OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE PROVISIONS -- COVERAGE OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE AND ITS VARIOUS MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS Amendments to the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance provisions of the Federal Social Security Act make
AGO 1950 NO. 393 >
P.U.D. ‑- CHANGING BOUNDARIES ‑- ELECTIONS The county commissioners by changing their district boundaries did not ipso facto effect a corresponding change in the P.U.D. commissioner district boundaries, and a candidate who before the change by the county commissioners did not reside within the P.U.
AGO 1950 NO. 394 >
WHETHER FEMALE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED IN MECHANICAL, MERCANTILE, LAUNDRY, HOTEL OR RESTAURANT BUSINESSES, ALTHOUGH MAIN OFFICES ARE IN SEPARATE BUILDINGS, COME UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF EIGHT HOUR LAW, L.I.D All women and minors employed in a mercantile industry, regardless of task, are covered by