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Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1954 NO. 296 >
ELECTIONS ‑- SPECIAL ‑- ROAD AND BRIDGE BOND AUTHORIZATION. A road and bridge bond proposal may be submitted to the voters at a special election in conjunction with the primary election.                   
AGO 1954 NO. 297 >
CEMETERY BOARD ‑- JURISDICTION ‑- CITY-OWNED CEMETERIES. The cemetery board has no jurisdiction over individual promoters of mausoleums on and for a cemetery owned and operated by a municipality.                  
AGO 1954 NO. 298 >
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ‑- ZONING ‑- HEIGHT LIMITATIONS ‑- AIRPORTS. Zoning of building heights near an airport is a proper exercise of the police power.                         
AGO 1954 NO. 299 >
SCHOOLS ‑- JUNIOR COLLEGES ‑- POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS ‑- NO AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT STUDENT RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES ‑-SCHOOL DISTRICT ‑- POWER OF DIRECTORS ‑- FIRST CLASS SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATING JUNIOR COLLEGES. A junior college operated by a first class school district is an institution of
AGO 1954 NO. 300 >
ELECTIONS ‑- INITIATIVE MEASURES ‑- ARGUMENTS‑-VOTERS' PAMPHLET. The sponsors' arguments in favor of Initiative No. 194 are not in proper form for publication in the voters' pamphlet until certain statements have been modified or stricken.          
AGO 1954 NO. 301 >
COUNTIES ‑- SHERIFFS ‑- PROPERTY ‑- AUTOMOBILES. Automobiles and other personal property supplied by a county to the sheriff is to be treated and dealt with as other county property (overruling Opinion No. 51-53-259).              
AGO 1954 NO. 302 >
COUNTIES ‑- AGED INDIGENTS ‑- AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE FACILITIES FOR CARE. The county has authority to establish and operate nursing homes for the care of aged indigents, such authority not being impaired by the public assistance laws of 1953.        
AGO 1954 NO. 303 >
ELECTIONS ‑- INITIATIVE MEASURES ‑- ARGUMENTS ‑- VOTERS' PAMPHLET. The opponents' arguments against Initiative No. 194 should not be accepted for publication in the voters' pamphlet unless and until one specified sentence is stricken.           
AGO 1954 NO. 304 >
RELEASE OF INSPECTION OR INVESTIGATION REPORTS BY THE DIVISION OF SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES. There is no statutory provision which specifically requires the Department of Labor and Industries through its Division of Safety to maintain reports of safety inspections or
AGO 1954 NO. 305 >
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ‑- POWERS. A third class city may acquire a housing project under the Lanham Act and lease it to a non-municipal managing authority.