Other LanguagesAGO 1953 NO. 181 >
INQUESTS: CORONER'S AUTHORITY IN CASE OF TRAFFIC DEATH
Coroner may hold inquest in case of traffic death where there is reason to suspect that negligent homicide has been committed.
AGO 1953 NO. 182 >
COUNTIES ‑- POLICE POWER ‑- ZONING
There may be partial or piecemeal zoning of a county under RCW 36.43.020, but license fees within any class must be equal.
AGO 1953 NO. 183 >
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN ‑- PENSIONS TO SURVIVING DEPENDENTS ‑- EXTENT OF LIMITATION THEREON BY SECOND PROVISO, RCW 41.24.160
Monthly pension to surviving dependents of volunteer firemen under RCW 41.24.160 can be paid from fund established by RCW 41.24.030 only to extent necessary to maintain $100
AGO 1953 NO. 184 >
RECORDS ‑- DUTIES OF COUNTY AUDITOR ‑- LIABILITY FOR RECORDING DEFECTIVELY ACKNOWLEDGED INSTRUMENTS
A county auditor will incur no liability by reason of recording a defectively executed or acknowledged instrument.
AGO 1953 NO. 185 >
FARMERS; RETAIL SALES TAX ‑- FARMERS; COMPENSATING OR USE TAX ‑- FARMERS; TAXES ‑- SALES OF LIVESTOCK; EVASION, WIDE SCALE, EFFECT ON VALIDITY OF COLLECTION; CASUAL SALES ‑- TAXABILITY
Whether the retail sales tax applies to farm sales of livestock depends upon individual facts. In any event
AGO 1953 NO. 186 >
CEMETERY FUND ‑- INTERMENT FEE ‑- WHEN CHARGEABLE UNDER RCW 68.05.230
Fifteen cent interment fee for cemetery fund under RCW 68.05.230 is not applicable to cremation alone; applies only where cremation is followed by inurnment.
AGO 1953 NO. 187 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- DUTY TO ILLUMINATE STATE HIGHWAYS WITHIN CORPORATE LIMITS --HIGHWAYS
RCW 47.24.020 (Chapter 220, Sec. 5, Laws of 1949 as last amended by Chapter 193, Laws of 1953) provides for illumination to be furnished by cities and towns and in cities over 15,000 population for the
AGO 1953 NO. 188 >
GOVERNOR ‑- POWERS ‑- AUTHORIZATION OF PRESENTATION TO FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION OF RESULTS OF STATE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING STUDY ON UTILIZATION OF WATER RESOURCES
The Governor may lawfully authorize a state engineer to present the results of state research and engineering study before the Federal
AGO 1953 NO. 189 >
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ACT ‑- CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ‑- UNEMPLOYMENT ‑- SELF-EMPLOYMENT
One who is self-employed is not unemployed within the meaning of the Employment Security Act. Whether or not a particular claimant is self-employed and by reason thereof, ineligible for benefits
AGO 1953 NO. 451 >
HERD DISTRICTS AND TERRITORY IN WHICH LIVESTOCK MAY RUN AT LARGE.
Validity of orders establishing stock restricted areas pursuant to 1911 statute not impaired by 1937 statute amending procedure provisions.