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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1954 NO. 276 >
SEWER DISTRICTS ‑- EXCESS REAL PROPERTY ‑- PRIVATE SALE UNDER RCW 56.08.080 AND 56.08.090 1953 SUPP. ‑- NECESSITY OF ACCEPTING HIGHEST BID. Sewer district commissioners conducting private sale of excess real property of district under RCW 56.08.080 and 56.08.090 1953 Supp. need not accept higher
AGO 1954 NO. 277 >
REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF ARTIFICIAL SUBSTITUTES. Where an injured workman loses one or more limbs, it is not the responsibility of the Department of Labor & Industries at the expense of the accident fund to replace or repair artificial substitutes for injuries occurring prior to the effective
AGO 1954 NO. 278 >
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ‑- ZONING ‑- DENSITY CONTROL. A county ordinance imposing a classified density control in a residence district (R-1) of the county is constitutional.                     
AGO 1954 NO. 279 >
FIRST CLASS CITIES ‑- GARBAGE, WATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS ‑- LEGALITY OF CONSOLIDATION. A city of the first class may legally combine its garbage, water and sewerage disposal departments, provided the accounting procedure for each is kept separate.         
AGO 1954 NO. 280 >
PAROLE BOARD ‑- ARSON, FIRST DEGREE ‑- AUTHORITY TO FIX MINIMUM TERM OF CONFINEMENT BELOW 5 YEARS. Board of Prison Terms and Paroles may fix minimum duration of confinement for Arson, first degree, at less than five years.             
AGO 1954 NO. 281 >
DEPUTY SHERIFFS ‑- NECESSARY REASONABLE TRAVELING EXPENSE ‑- LUNCH WHILE AWAY FROM COUNTY SEAT ON REGULAR PATROL  ‑- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‑- NECESSARY REASONABLE TRAVELING EXPENSE ‑- MILEAGE, MEALS AND LODGING INCURRED IN ATTENDING TO COUNTY BUSINESS AT COUNTY SEAT BY REASON OF
AGO 1954 NO. 282 >
SOURCE OF COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF BELLINGHAM CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS MEMBERS OF COUNTY EQUALIZATION BOARD. 1. Where a later act covers the entire subject of earlier legislation, it is completely within itself and is evidently intended to supersede the prior legislation, there is a repeal of the
AGO 1954 NO. 283 >
FIREARMS ‑- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‑- POWER TO REGULATE. County commissioners may make ordinance regulating possession and use of firearms by minors, not in conflict with RCW 9.41.240.                    
AGO 1954 NO. 284 >
COUNTIES ‑- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SENILE PATIENTS, AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH FACILITIES FOR CARE. The Board of County Commissioners of any county has authority to establish facilities for the care of senile patients in available buildings and grounds; however, priority for admission to these facilities
AGO 1954 NO. 285 >
EASEMENTS ‑- PERPETUAL ‑- WHETHER ASSESSABLE AS TAXABLE PROPERTY TO GRANTOR OR GRANTEE ‑-  LANDS ‑- PERPETUAL EASEMENTS ‑- WHETHER ASSESSABLE AS TAXABLE PROPERTY TO GRANTOR OR GRANTEE ‑-TAXATION 1. Land subject to a perpetual easement should be assessed as taxable property to the owner of the