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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1961 NO. 1 > Jan 16 1961
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‑- AUTHORITY TO LEASE AND OPERATE A FERRY. The board of county commissioners is authorized to lease and operate a ferry connecting a public highway within the county with a public highway in the state of Oregon
AGO 1961 NO. 2 > Jan 17 1961
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ‑- CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LEGISLATION MAKING SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SUBORDINATE TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION A statute providing that the state superintendent of public instruction shall be subordinate to the state
AGO 1961 NO. 3 > Jan 20 1961
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A SPORTS STADIUM OR ARENA AND TO PURCHASE A MAJOR LEAGUE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FRANCHISE The board of county commissioners is not granted authority by RCW 36.32.120 or 67.20.010 to construct and operate
AGO 1961 NO. 4 > Jan 24 1961
SCHOOLS ‑- ANNEXATION ‑- AUTHORITY OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SIGN A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION ‑- PROPERTY AS COMPRISING A PART OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED 1) Under the provisions of RCW 35.13.130 the board of directors of a school district is not entitled to sign a petition for annexation. (2) The
AGO 1961 NO. 5 > Jan 30 1961
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- SHERIFF ‑- AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE A REWARD FROM THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT A county sheriff is prohibited by RCW 42.22.040 (2) from receiving a reward from the United States Post Office Department for the performance of services instrumental to the
AGO 1961 NO. 6 > Jan 31 1961
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW ‑- APPEARANCE BY NON-ATTORNEY [[NONATTORNEY]]IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS AS CONSTITUTING UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW Appearance by non-attorney [[nonattorney]]in a representative capacity before a state administrative agency in a "contested case" constitutes the unauthorized
AGO 1961 NO. 7 > Jan 31 1961
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ‑- COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF THE WASHINGTON STATE FERRY SYSTEM UNDER INITIATIVE NO. 207 Employees of the Washington state ferry system are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Washington state personnel department created by Initiative No. 207
AGO 1961 NO. 8 > Feb 2 1961
LEGISLATURE ‑- CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LAW AUTHORIZING CITIES TO IMPOSE SALES TAX ON UTILITY SERVICES.  USE OF FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE CITY TRANSIT SYSTEMS (1) Legislation would be constitutional which would authorize cities owning transit systems to impose a sales tax on sales of city-furnished utility
AGO 1961 NO. 9 > Feb 9 1961
LEGISLATURE ‑- AUTHORITY TO APPROPRIATE MONIES FROM CAPITOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT TO REMODEL LEGISLATIVE BUILDING The legislature may appropriate monies from the general fund-capitol building construction account for the purpose of remodeling and renovating the legislative building
AGO 1961 NO. 10 > Feb 10 1961
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- LABOR AND INDUSTRIES ‑- AUTHORITY TO CHANGE CLASSIFICATION OF BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY The Department of Labor and Industries is empowered to transfer a business or industry from one occupational classification to another by administrative procedure even though the

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