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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1954 NO. 265 >
HIGHWAYS, LIMITED ACCESS ‑- AUTHORITY OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO MODIFY OR ABANDON PLAN OF Chapter 47.52 RCW authorizes the State Highway Commission to modify or abandon the plan of a limited access highway subsequent to its adoption.           
AGO 1954 NO. 266 >
SALE OF REAL PROPERTY BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT NO LONGER NEEDED AS SUCH. A school district may sell real property no longer needed for school purposes by vote of electorate if value is more than $20,000.00; if less than $20,000.00, it must be sold for 90% of appraised value as determined by three real
AGO 1954 NO. 268 >
SCHOOLS ‑- SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- BUDGETS ‑- POWER TO ISSUE WARRANTS AGAINST ANTICIPATED REVENUES. School district officials may approve vouchers against anticipated revenues of bond sales where such revenues were included in the budget for the fiscal year. The county auditor may issue warrants
AGO 1954 NO. 269 >
LOG PATROL ACT ‑- UNBRANDED STRAY LOGS ‑- RIVERS ‑- BOOM COMPANIES ‑- ESCHEATS. An unbranded log which has broken loose from private storage on a river and has floated down the river to be captured by a booming company is a stray log within the meaning of the log patrol act and the net proceeds of
AGO 1954 NO. 270 >
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN ‑- PENSION AND RELIEF ACT ‑- ENROLLMENT OF FIREMEN AS PREREQUISITE TO ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL BENEFITS ‑- FIRE DEPARTMENTS COVERED BY THE ACT ‑- LIABILITY OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES OF VOLUNTEER FIREMEN. 1. The failure of a fire protection district to enroll
AGO 1954 NO. 271 >
HIGHWAYS ‑- CATTLE‑CROSSING SIGNS ‑- COUNTIES. A county has authority to post signs at cattle crossings, but is not liable for failure to continuously maintain them.                       
AGO 1954 NO. 272 >
COUNTY AUDITOR ‑- FILING OF INSTRUMENTS ‑- DUTY ‑- AUTHORITY TO FILE DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENTS ‑- COPIES, PHOTOSTATS. The county auditor is under no duty‑-that is, cannot be compelled by mandamus‑-to file an instrument not executed in accordance with statutory requirements, including purported copies
AGO 1954 NO. 273 >
POWER OF A MUNICIPALITY TO OWN AND OPERATE A TELEPHONE COMPANY. A city of the first class may not, under existing statutes, own and operate a telephone system.                        
AGO 1954 NO. 274 >
ELECTIONS ‑- TIME ‑- DIKING DISTRICTS ‑- ELECTIONS. An election in a diking district not held on the statutory date is invalid.                           
AGO 1954 NO. 275 >
CIVIL DEFENSE COMPENSATION ACT ‑- GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES ‑- WHEN COVERED BY COMPENSATION PROVISIONS. Employees of State Department of Civil Defense and employees of political subdivisions whose employment requires full or part time civil defense administration activity are covered by civil defense