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Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1959 NO. 71 >
FISH - INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM "FRESH FISH" AS USED IN CHAPTER 75.32 RCW. The term "fresh fish" as used in Chapter 75.32 RCW includes all fish which are not preserved in some manner and also includes fish to which labor has been applied that changes the characteristics from those normally
AGO 1959 NO. 72 >
DISTRICTS - FIRE PROTECTION - TAX LEVY ON PROPERTY INCORPORATED AS A MUNICIPALITY UNDER CHAPTER 237, LAWS OF 1959. (1) Where a fire protection district includes all or a portion of a municipality, the district is authorized to levy its full millage for 1959 on all property within the district
AGO 1959 NO. 73 >
INSANE PERSONS - FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENT FOR ADULT CHILD COMMITTED TO INSTITUTION. A parent may be required to pay the charges for hospitalization of an adult child where the estate of the patient is insufficient to defray said charges.         
AGO 1959 NO. 74 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS - TOWNS - ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION OF TREASURER-CLERK AS EMERGENCY MEASURE A treasurer-clerk of a town may not be paid additional compensation as an emergency measure for the collection of water revenues when no emergency exists.         
AGO 1959 NO. 75 >
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - AUTHORITY OF BOARD OF REGENTS TO LEASE PROPERTY AND FACILITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY The Board of Regents of the University has broad discretion concerning the use to be made of facilities and property of the University.          
AGO 1959 NO. 76 >
MILITARY - LEAVE OF ABSENCE - COMPUTATION OF 15-DAY TRAINING PERIOD AND TYPE OF TRAINING COVERED. (1) A National Guardsman or other reserve member who attends a 15-day training period which begins and ends on a Saturday should be charged with 12 days military leave of absence. (2) The remaining 3
AGO 1959 NO. 77 >
MOTOR VEHICLES - GROSS WEIGHT LIMITS - SPECIAL PERMITS - APPLICABILITY OF PENALTIES PRESCRIBED IN RCW 46.44.045. Penalties prescribed by RCW 46.44.045 relating to maximum gross weights are not applicable to violations for exceeding the gross weight limits authorized by special permit issued
AGO 1959 NO. 78 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS - BUDGETS - PREPARATION, REVISION AND APPROVAL OF SECOND AND THIRD CLASS DISTRICTS.  SCHOOL DISTRICTS - COUNTY REVIEWING COMMITTEE - AUTHORITY OF REVISION AND APPROVAL OF BUDGETS OF SECOND AND THIRD CLASS DISTRICTS. (1)  The county reviewing committee has the authority to
AGO 1959 NO. 79 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH - APPLICABILITY OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE WORKERS' PERMITS TO PERSONS HANDLING FOOD AND BEVERAGES ON THE WASHINGTON STATE FERRY SYSTEM. Food and beverage service workers employed by a firm operating the catering concession on the Washington state ferry system
AGO 1959 NO. 80 >
DISTRICTS - WEEDS - ENFORCEMENT OF ERADICATION OF NOXIOUS WEEDS WHERE DISTRICT IS PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY WITHIN WEED EXTERMINATION AREA (1) The directors of a weed district are authorized to employ a weed inspector even though a weed supervisor may have been appointed for the weed extermination area