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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1951 NO. 465 >
TAXATION ‑- PERSONAL PROPERTY ‑- LIEN AGAINST INSURANCE UPON PROPERTY DESTROYED. Rem. Rev. Stat. 11248, which imposes a lien for personal property taxes upon the insurance claim for property destroyed by fire, applies only to taxes which are delinquent and which are attributable to the item
AGO 1951 NO. 466 >
SOCIAL SECURITY ‑- DIVISION FOR CHILDREN ‑- PRIVATE AGENCIES FOR CARE OF CHILDREN. The Division for Children of the State Department of Social Security is required by law to make the fullest possible use of private agencies in providing care and child welfare services for children.   
AGO 1951 NO. 467 >
STATUTES ‑- CONSTRUCTION OF AMENDMENT ‑- TIME OF TAKING EFFECT ‑-GROUND WATER RIGHTS ‑- EXPIRATION OF PERIOD FOR FILING APPLICATION. The owner of a vested ground water right is entitled to a ground water right certificate at any time within three years after the effective date of chapter 122, Laws
AGO 1951 NO. 468 >
BANKS AND BANKING ‑- FOREIGN BANKING CORPORATIONS ‑- "DOING BUSINESS" WITHIN THE STATE ‑- COMPLIANCE WITH QUALIFICATION STATUTES. A foreign banking corporation purchasing completed mortgage loans by mail from original holders thereof within the state, is not "doing business" within the state so as
AGO 1951 NO. 469 >
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ‑- CITIES ‑- TAXATION ‑- PAYROLL TAX. A city may impose a tax for general revenue purposes upon employers based on payrolls for persons employed within the city.                   
AGO 1951 NO. 470 >
FUNDS ‑- TAYLOR GRAZING ACT ‑- COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S ALLOCATING FUNDS. Funds received by the county under the Taylor Grazing Act should be allocated by the County Commissioners in their discretion to school and county road purposes.           
AGO 1951 NO. 471 >
CUSTODIAL SCHOOLS ‑- LAKELAND VALLEY AND RAINIER STATE SCHOOLS ‑- DISCRETION OF SUPERINTENDENTS AS TO ADDITIONAL ADMISSIONS WHEN FACILITIES ARE INADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL APPLICANTS. When space and beds are not available for additional admissions to State Custodial Schools, the Department of
AGO 1951 NO. 472 >
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY ‑- DUTIES ‑- REPRESENTATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- REPRESENTATION OF TRUSTEE OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS CREATED FOR BENEFIT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- CHARITABLE TRUSTS, ATTORNEY GENERAL AS PROPER PARTY ‑- VENUE OF ACTION TO ENFORCE. It is the duty of a County Prosecuting Attorney to
AGO 1951 NO. 473 >
ELECTIONS ‑- PRECINCT BOUNDARIES ‑- IGNORING BOUNDARIES OF PORT DISTRICT IN ALTERING. In establishing new precinct boundaries, County Commissioners may ignore boundaries of Port District.                   
AGO 1951 NO. 474 >
VALIDITY OF BILL ABOLISHING TAX TOKENS. Incorrect references to RCW are patent errors which do not invalidate Senate Bill No. 115 of the 1951 legislature.