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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1955 NO. 31 >
CEMETERIES ‑- THREE‑PARTY AGREEMENTS ‑- NECESSITY FOR CARE ENDOWMENT FUND.  1. A certificate of authority is required for operation of a mausoleum within a cemetery.  2. An endowment care fund is optional for operators of a mausoleum.  3. If an endowment care fund is established for
AGO 1955 NO. 32 >
COUNTIES ‑- BUDGET ‑- LAPSE ‑- TIME FOR PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS.  A claim against a county for services performed during the preceding year, filed within thirty days thereof, is properly payable out of the previous year's budget appropriation, although such payment may be made after that time.
AGO 1955 NO. 33 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- POWER TO PURCHASE ‑- REAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE CITY.  A city of the third class may purchase real property outside its corporate limits when such property is to be used for municipal purposes.               
AGO 1955 NO. 34 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- CONSOLIDATION ‑- STATUS. School districts which are consolidated for all purposes for which such districts are operated lose their individuality and become a new and distinct entity for all such purposes except as to those matters expressly reserved by statute.   
AGO 1955 NO. 35 >
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ‑- IN FIRST CLASS CITIES ‑- PRIVATE PRACTICE OR BUSINESS. A justice of the peace in a first class city may indulge in private practice or business if it does not interfere with the full performance of his duties during the normal hours of his court.     
AGO 1955 NO. 36 >
FUNDS ‑- STATE ‑- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTINGENCY ‑- EXPENDITURE. Administrative Contingency Fund moneys may be used for purposes not chargeable against funds obtained from Federal sources.                   
AGO 1955 NO. 37 >
TOLL BRIDGE AUTHORITY ‑- MEMBERSHIP ‑- QUORUM ‑- CONTROL OVER FERRY SYSTEM OPERATION. 1. The toll bridge authority is composed of the governor, state auditor, chairmen of the public service and highway commissions, and directors of public institutions and highways. 2. Three members, exclusive of
AGO 1955 NO. 38 >
BIBLE CAMPS ‑- EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION. Property of sectarian Bible camps should be tax exempt, provided the purposes for which it is used fall within the terms of the exemption statute.                   
AGO 1955 NO. 39 >
NURSING HOMES, AUTHORITY OF COUNTY, TO OPERATE, TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS, EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES, TAX LEVY. A county may maintain and operate a nursing home, and for such purpose may make appropriations and levy taxes therefor. A county may maintain and operate a nursing home, and where it does shall
AGO 1955 NO. 40 >
TAXATION ‑- PROPERTY TAXES ‑- VALUATION OF MERCHANTABLE TIMBER ‑- TAX COMMISSION'S TIMBER APPRAISAL MANUAL. The "period of cutting" and "rate of logging" factors listed in the timber appraisal manual prepared by the Tax Commission are proper factors to consider in common with the other factors