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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1951 NO. 131 >
STATUTES ‑‑ CONSTRUCTION OF ‑‑ AMENDATORY OR SUPPLEMENTAL ‑‑ EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATION UPON ORIGINAL ACT --CITIES AND TOWNS ‑‑ THIRD AND FOURTH CLASS‑OFFICERS ‑‑ ELECTIVE AND APPOINTIVE ‑‑ TERMS OF OFFICE Section 1, chapter 87, Laws of 1939 (Rem. Rev. Stat. Supp.| 9116‑1) as amended by
AGO 1951 NO. 132 >
SECRETARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE The Legislative Auditor is by statute the Secretary of the Legislative Budget Committee.                             
AGO 1951 NO. 133 >
SCHOOLS ‑- COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT ‑- AUDIO VISUAL PROGRAM EXPENSES ‑- COUNTY EMPLOYEES OF 1. The county superintendent's expenses incidental to carrying out the audio visual program, if within the superintendent's budget, should be approved by the county auditor. 2. The county may furnish a car for
AGO 1951 NO. 134 >
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ‑- JURISDICTION ‑- TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS A justice of the peace has jurisdiction only as a committing magistrate or crimes requiring as punishment both fine and imprisonment.                  
AGO 1951 NO. 135 >
PAYMENT OF AWARDS OF THE BOARD When the Department of Labor and Industries or an employer appeals to the superior court from an award of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, payment of the award of the Board should not be made until final adjudication by the court.  However, when neither
AGO 1951 NO. 136 >
PUBLIC LANDS ‑- AUTHORITY OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER -- PUBLIC OFFICER ‑- MAY NOT DELEGATE DUTIES AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF BOARD The deputy or assistant Commissioner of Public Lands may not act as a member of either the Board of State Land Commissioners, the State Capitol Committee, or the State Forest
AGO 1951 NO. 137 >
INDIANS -- GENERAL JURISDICTION -- CIVIL-CRIMINAL COURTS ‑- JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION OVER INDIAN CHILDREN ‑- INDIAN RESERVATIONS ‑- CRIME COMMITTED BY WHITE Indian children, when off the reservation for a substantial period, are amenable to Washington Juvenile Court Jurisdiction.  
AGO 1951 NO. 138 >
VETERANS ‑- PREFERENTIAL EMPLOYMENT ‑- SERVICE IN PEACE‑TIME YEARS ONLY A veteran who has not served during any war is not entitled to veterans preference.                         
AGO 1951 NO. 139 >
HERD ON STOCK RESTRICTION DISTRICTS ‑- ANIMALS ‑- FENCE MAINTENANCE AS CONDITION TO LIABILITY ‑- TRESPASS, STOCK The owner of trespassing stock is liable for damaging nonfenced property in a stock restriction area.               
AGO 1951 NO. 140 >
SCHOOLS ‑- FUNDS ‑- WARRANTS ‑- TREASURER REQUIRED TO CALL WARRANTS, WHEN Treasurer required to issue warrant call on general school district funds in same manner as warrant calls are made on general funds of counties, cities and towns.