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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1954 NO. 190 >
ELECTIONS ‑- MUNICIPAL ADVISORY VOTE ‑- ADVANCEMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF CITY --CITY ‑- SECRETARY OF STATE Whether the commissioners of a city of the third class operating under a commission form of government have authority to expend municipal funds in submitting to the voters the question of
AGO 1954 NO. 191 >
MOTOR VEHICLE ‑- FEES ‑- SPECIAL FEE ON MOTOR VEHICLES NOT APPLICABLE TO TRAILERS UNDER FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS --LICENSES The ten cent fee imposed for each motor vehicle not otherwise taxed herein by section 9, chapter 254, Laws of 1953, does not apply to trailers under four thousand pounds.  
AGO 1954 NO. 192 >
PRIVATE USE OF CONVICT LABOR UNDER STATUTES AUTHORIZING SUCH USE FOR "THE DURATION OF THE EXISTING WAR." Statutes allowing private use of convict labor for "the duration of the existing war" are no longer valid and subsisting legislation because the war has been terminated.    
AGO 1954 NO. 193 >
MASTER AND SERVANT ‑- CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ‑- STATUS --MILITIA Civilians employed by the Washington National Guard as caretakers and clerks, pursuant to 32 U.S.C.A., sec. 42, are employees of both the state and federal government and therefore are qualified to participate in the
AGO 1954 NO. 194 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FIRST CLASS; BOARD OF DIRECTORS, POWERS, WHERE DISTRICT DOES NOT CONTAIN FIRST OR SECOND CLASS CITY; EXPENDITURE OF UP TO $50,000 FOR SCHOOL SITE WITHOUT ELECTION --SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FIRST CLASS; BOND ELECTION TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLHOUSE; NECESSITY OF DESCRIPTION OF
AGO 1954 NO. 195 >
CEMETERIES ‑- CONTROL BY CEMETERY BOARD --CEMETERY BOARD ‑- FEES CHARGEABLE BY The Cemetery Board Act, chapter 68.05 RCW, does not violate Art. I, sec. 23, of the constitution, by impairing the obligation of a corporate charter, and since all such charters are granted subject to the possible future
AGO 1954 NO. 196 >
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS ‑-CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- INCORPORATION OF THIRD CLASS CITIES WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ‑- AUTOMATIC EXCLUSION FROM JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT The incorporation of certain areas within the boundaries of a previously organized fire protection district as third
AGO 1954 NO. 197 >
AUTOMOBILE LICENSING OF MILITARY PERSONNEL Military personnel are not subject to the vehicle license tax in the State of Washington.                            
AGO 1954 NO. 198 >
AGRICULTURE ‑- ANIMALS ‑- CAN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REQUIRE "BANG'S" TESTS ON CATTLE HERDS ‑- IF REFUSED BY OWNER, AVAILABLE REMEDY. The State of Washington Department of Agriculture may require "Bang's" tests on cattle herds in Klickitat County and if the owner of any untested bovine
AGO 1954 NO. 199 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- OFFICERS ‑- SALARY INCREASE IN CITY OF THE FOURTH CLASS. City council of a town of the fourth class may, by ordinance, declare an emergency and increase the salary of any appointive officer of such city or town, effective immediately upon the passage of such ordinance.