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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1952 NO. 352 >
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION ‑- LABOR UNIONS ‑- COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS The State Highway Commission may enter into limited collective bargaining agreements with a labor union concerning wages, hours, conditions of employment provided the union is authorized bargaining agent of the majority of
AGO 1952 NO. 353 >
STATE PHARMACY BOARD ‑- RULES OF ‑- RULE REQUIRING PHARMACISTS TO SECURE SIGNATURE AND ADDRESS ON PRESCRIPTION FOR NARCOTICS Rule 32 of the Washington State Board of Pharmacy requiring the signature and address of persons receiving drugs makes the same requirement as was contained in section 3,
AGO 1952 NO. 354 >
TAXES ‑- PERSONAL PROPERTY ‑- DESTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY The tax on personal property destroyed between January 1 and the levy date remains valid.                          
AGO 1952 NO. 355 >
INTEREST ‑- NOT PART OF IRRIGATION DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS --IRRIGATION DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS ‑- MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS' LIABILITY FOR ASSESSMENTS AND INTEREST A school district, while liable for irrigation district assessments, is not liable for interest imposed on assessments from the date of
AGO 1952 NO. 356 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- ACQUISITION OF NEW SCHOOL SITE ‑- WHERE DISTRICTS MERGED INTO SINGLE DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY OWNED SCHOOL SITES ‑- SIMPLE MAJORITY OR TWO-THIRDS VOTE A school district created by the reorganization of two previously existing districts, each of which had a school site at the time of
AGO 1952 NO. 357 >
COUNTIES ‑- REAL ESTATE SALES TAX ‑- TAXABLE SELLING PRICE ‑- LIFE INSURANCE EXPECTANCY TABLES The determination of selling price for real estate sales tax purposes, where actual price is not ascertained at time of sale, is a discretionary problem for the county commissioners.    
AGO 1952 NO. 358 >
APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 115, LAWS OF 1951, TO WIDOWS RECEIVING PENSIONS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT All of the rights to benefits of injured workmen, their dependents or beneficiaries under the Workmen's Compensation Act are governed by the schedule in effect at the time the injury
AGO 1952 NO. 359 >
PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE IN A SPECIAL ELECTION TO ESTABLISH A NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE COMPOSED ONLY OF A PORTION OF AN ALREADY EXISTING DISTRICT Voters residing within the territory of the proposed new district compose the electorate entitled to vote to establish a new school district.  
AGO 1952 NO. 360 >
COUNTIES ‑- EXPENDITURE ‑- INDUSTRIAL SURVEY A county does not have authority to expend funds to make an industrial survey of the county looking toward the possible local industrial use of electrical power that will eventually become available within the county.      
AGO 1952 NO. 361 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- LEGALITY AND PROPRIETY OF HAVING MORE THAN ONE SPECIAL LEVY VOTED DURING THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR A school district may submit to the electors of the district at a special election to be held not oftener than twice in the fiscal year in which the levy is to be made, the