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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1953 NO. 112 >
BLUE SKY LAWS ‑- PERMIT TO ISSUE SECURITIES ‑- DEBTOR CORPORATIONS UNDERGOING REORGANIZATION UNDER SUPERVISION OF FEDERAL COURTS The Washington Blue Sky Law does not apply to transactions of corporations in the course of reorganization under court supervision in which securities are issued in
AGO 1953 NO. 113 >
FIRST CLASS CITIES ‑- LEGALITY OF EXPENDITURE OF MUNICIPAL FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE OF WOMEN'S LOUNGE FOR SHOPPERS A first class city may not validly expend municipal funds for the maintenance of a lounge for the convenience of women shoppers.          
AGO 1953 NO. 114 >
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE -- APPLICATION BY EMANCIPATED MINOR Application of emancipated minor for motor vehicle operator's license need not be signed by parents, but must be signed by employer.                
AGO 1953 NO. 115 >
PUBLIC DANCES ‑- REGULATORY POWERS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS 1. Provisions of chapter 67.12 RCW on public dances do not apply within corporate limits of city or town. 2. Municipal corporation with sufficient police power may regulate public dances within the corporate limits, by ordinance, and may
AGO 1953 NO. 116 >
REAL ESTATE SALES TAX -- TRANSFER OF CORPORATE REAL PROPERTY TO SHAREHOLDERS PURSUANT TO VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION Transfers of corporate real property to shareholders pursuant to voluntary dissolution proceedings are subject to real estate sales tax.  Opinion to Prosecuting
AGO 1953 NO. 116 >
REAL ESTATE SALES TAX -- TRANSFER OF CORPORATE REAL PROPERTY TO SHAREHOLDERS PURSUANT TO VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION Transfers of corporate real property to shareholders pursuant to voluntary dissolution proceedings are subject to real estate sales tax.  Opinion to Prosecuting
AGO 1953 NO. 117 >
TAXATION ‑- REAL PROPERTY ‑- ASSESSMENT ‑- REVALUATION ‑- CERTIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT LIST The county assessor may properly certify his assessment list to the County Board of Equalization although property in only part of the county has been reappraised during the current tax year.  The
AGO 1953 NO. 118 >
LEGALITY OF CHARGING NON-RESIDENT [[NONRESIDENT]]PARENTS, WHO WERE FORMERLY RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, THE COST OF MAINTAINING THEIR CHILDREN IN OUR STATE INSTITUTIONS The Director of the Department of Public Institutions may legally require that non-resident [[nonresident]]parents, who were formerly
AGO 1953 NO. 119 >
INTERPRETATION OF A PORTION OF SECTION 2, CHAPTER 289, LAWS OF 1953 80% limitation in act is exception and applicable only to the real estate commission fund.                        
AGO 1953 NO. 120 >
PORT DISTRICTS -- AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONERS TO CONSTRUCT IMPROVEMENTS NOT SET OUT IN EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT PLAN Port Commissioners cannot construct improvements not set out in regularly adopted Comprehensive Improvement Plan.  Such construction must be authorized by official