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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1952 NO. 402 >
USE OF STATE PARK FOR TELEVISION TRANSMITTER The erection of a television transmitter in a state park which will not interfere with the normal use of the park may be permitted (reversing opinion to Dir. of Parks, May 5, 1952 [[May 8, 1952, Opinion No. 51-53-300]]).       
AGO 1952 NO. 403 >
FIRE PROTECTION OF COUNTY LANDS A county may legally contract with a private fire protection association to give additional protection to county forest lands.                        
AGO 1952 NO. 404 >
PROPERTY TAXES, REAL AND PERSONAL ‑- PROPERTY CONVEYED TO STATE ‑- PROPERTY CONVEYED TO UNITED STATES ‑- PROPERTY CONVEYED BETWEEN ASSESSMENT AND LEVY DATES Real property taxes and lien thereunder on property conveyed to the United States between assessment and levy dates are valid although
AGO 1952 NO. 405 >
COUNTIES ‑- CIVIL DEFENSE ‑- AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SPECIAL LEVY IN EXCESS OF FORTY MILL LIMITATION County may impose special levy of one‑half mill for civil defense purposes when such levy is submitted to and approved by the county electors in the manner prescribed by constitutional and statutory
AGO 1952 NO. 406 >
CIVIL DEFENSE ‑- EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR ERECTION OF CONTROL CENTER FOR COORDINATION AND TRAINING PURPOSES. Expenditures may be made from the $2,000,000.00 item appropriated by chapter 3, Laws of 1951 (Second Ex. Sess.) p. 17, to carry out the provisions of the Washington Civil Defense Act of 1951
AGO 1952 NO. 407 >
VOTING BY PENITENTIARY INMATE.  An inmate of the penitentiary convicted of a felony is not eligible to vote for the president, senator or congressman.                        
AGO 1952 NO. 408 >
COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALES TAX UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS. The sale of unpatented mining claims are not subject to the County Real Estate Sales tax.  Such claims are personal rather than real property.                
AGO 1952 NO. 409 >
HIGHWAYS, STATE ‑- LIMITED ACCESS ‑- CLOSING OFF COUNTY ROADS. Consent of the county is not a prerequisite to the closing off of a county road where the same intersects and crosses a state highway limited access facility at grade, where said county road is not a part of the limited access facility
AGO 1952 NO. 410 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- DIRECTORS ‑- POWER TO AUTHORIZE USE OF SCHOOL BUILDING FOR OTHER THAN SCHOOL PURPOSES. In the exercise of their discretion the directors of a school district may legally permit the use of school buildings for meetings at which a speaker is to discuss controversial religious
AGO 1952 NO. 411 >
INHERITANCE TAX ‑- STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT FUND. The state inheritance tax does not apply to State Employees' Retirement Annuities.