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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1952 NO. 221 >
UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT ‑- NATURE OF ACT ‑- FILING FEES ‑- MANNER IN WHICH COURT SECURES JURISDICTION OF PERSON. (1) The action is a civil action. (2) The petitioner is liable for filing fees. (3) The court sets a time and place for a hearing after jurisdiction is acquired by the service
AGO 1952 NO. 222 >
STATE FLOOD CONTROL FUNDS. No state flood control funds should be spent on the rehabilitation of a dam maintained solely for the detention or storage of flood waters, but the state may participate in any project to restore the natural condition of a stream, if such participation tends to lessen
AGO 1952 NO. 223 >
LEASING OF COUNTY PROPERTY. A board of county commissioners may make or renew a lease of county property in advance of the beginning of a term if the time in advance is not unreasonably long.                  
AGO 1952 NO. 224 >
AUDITORS, FILING FEES, CHATTEL MORTGAGES, ASSIGNMENTS. 1. County auditors shall charge fifty cents for filing release of chattel mortgage on conditional sale contract. 2. No additional charge shall be made for filing an assignment on the back of or attached to chattel mortgage or conditional sales
AGO 1952 NO. 225 >
REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESMEN. 1. An associate broker may be licensed as a real estate salesman upon surrendering his associate broker's license without taking the real estate salesman's examination. 2. Such former associate broker, licensed as a salesman may not again be licensed as a broker
AGO 1952 NO. 226 >
PRIMARY TO FILL VACANCY IN FIRST-CLASS CITY. A vacancy in an elective office in the City of Tacoma may be voted for in a primary where it has occurred in time to permit the office to be included in the notices of a primary election without the necessity of forty-five days' notice being given to the
AGO 1952 NO. 227 >
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR PRESENTING CLAIMS TO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. Official custodians of public records required for presentation of claims to the Veterans Administration are required to furnish them free of charge.              
AGO 1952 NO. 228 >
REFUSAL OF COUNTY AUDITOR TO ISSUE WARRANT ON EXPENSE VOUCHER SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS ONES HELD INVALID BY STATE EXAMINERS -- DUTY OF COUNTY AUDITOR TO ISSUE WARRANTS ON VOUCHERS APPROVED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS -- PERSONAL LIABILITY OF COUNTY AUDITOR FOR ISSUANCE OF SUCH WARRANT. While ordinarily a
AGO 1952 NO. 229 >
NURSING HOME LICENSES FOR BEDS OR WARDS IN GENERAL HOSPITALS SET ASIDE FOR PATIENTS WHO COULD BE ADEQUATELY SERVED IN NURSING HOMES. Hospitals, although they may maintain certain beds or wards for the chronic or convalescing patient and charge a nursing home rate rather than a hospital rate to such
AGO 1952 NO. 230 >
CIVIL DEFENSE ‑- PERSONNEL ‑- DUTY OF COUNTY OFFICES TO SUPPLY. It is not mandatory for a county office to supply personnel for civil defense.  A county official or employee participating in civil defense beyond the scope of the regular and normal duties of his office or position may, at will