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Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1958 NO. 146 >
TAXATION ‑- REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX The real estate excise tax applies to the assignment of a vendee's interest of property purchased by him at a sale pursuant to a mortgage foreclosure.                    
AGO 1958 NO. 147 >
LICENSES ‑- PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS ‑- RECIPROCITY --MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND OSTEOPATHY ‑- PHYSICIANS AND SURGERY Whether or not the holder of a license to practice medicine from another state is to be licensed without examination in this state as a matter of reciprocal legislation lies within
AGO 1958 NO. 148 >
COUNTIES ‑- AUTHORITY TO OFFER REWARDS ‑- WHEN COUNTIES MAY AUTHORIZEOFFICER ‑- REWARDS ‑- RIGHT TO CLAIM A county has no authority to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest of a person against whom no criminal charge has been filed. It is against public policy for sheriffs, their
AGO 1958 NO. 149 >
CITIES AND TOWN ‑- COUNTY ZONING INAPPLICABLE TO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT --COUNTIES ‑- ZONING LAWS INAPPLICABLE TO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT The City of Tacoma would not be governed by the county zoning regulations in the establishing of an airport outside its corporate limits.      
AGO 1958 NO. 150 >
MOTOR VEHICLE FUND ‑- BASIS FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO COUNTIES The allocation of motor vehicle funds to counties under subsection (3) (b) of RCW 46.68.120 (1957 Supp.) must be made on the basis of the place where the registered owner of vehicles is "residing" and not on the basis of the place of
AGO 1958 NO. 151 >
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ‑- ELECTIVE OFFICIALS ‑- VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL ‑- TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP ‑- DUTY OF COUNTY AUDITOR Participating elective officials may not terminate membership voluntarily.  After membership is established all employees are treated equally and it is the
AGO 1958 NO. 152 >
MUNICIPALITIES ‑- POWER TO IMPOSE TRANSIT SERVICE CHARGES TO MUNICIPAL UTILITY BILLS --PUBLIC UTILITIES ‑- AUTHORITY OF CITY TO IMPOSE SERVICE CHARGES A municipality may not impose transit service charges to be added to billings to municipal utility customers for the purpose of extending financial
AGO 1958 NO. 153 >
PLANNING COMMISSIONS ‑- REFERRAL OF PLATTING REGULATIONS BY CITIES AND COUNTIES TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The department of commerce and economic development is the proper state agency to which cities and counties refer proposed platting regulations under the
AGO 1958 NO. 154 >
COUNTIES ‑- RESPONSIBILITY FOR CARE OF MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS PENDING COMMITMENT. CITIES, TOWNS, COUNTIES ‑- AUTHORITY TO CONTRIBUTE COST OF REMODELING ROOMS IN PRIVATE NONPROFIT HOSPITAL FOR CARE OF PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS PENDING COMMITMENT. PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS ‑- RESPONSIBILITY OF CITIES AND COUNTIES
AGO 1958 NO. 155 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOL DIRECTORS ‑- AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY CROSSING GUARDS WITH POWER TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. HIGHWAYS ‑- TRAFFIC REGULATIONS ‑- AUTHORITY OF DIRECTORS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EMPLOY CROSSING GUARDS. A board of directors of a public school district cannot legally employ