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Bob Ferguson

AGO 1964 NO. 77 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- COMMUNITY COLLEGE ‑- AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE LAND FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE PURPOSES ‑- CONDEMNATION ‑- ACREAGE LIMITATION. (1) Chapter 41, Laws of 1963, which authorizes a school district to condemn and appropriate not more than 75 acres "for any community college or vocational
AGO 1964 NO. 78 >
COURTS ‑- JUSTICE COURT ACT OF 1961 ‑- PART-TIME JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ‑- APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE PRO TEMPORE ‑- COMPENSATION. (1) Under the 1961 justice court act a justice court presided over by a part-time justice of the peace may pursuant to RCW 3.34.130 designate a justice of the peace pro
AGO 1964 NO. 79 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SCHOOLS ‑- FUNDS ‑- GENERAL ‑- BUILDING ‑- DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF PRIVILEGE TAX COLLECTED BY PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- COMPUTATION OF EQUALIZATION STATUS. (1) The sums deposited to the credit of a school district under the authority of
AGO 1964 NO. 80 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ‑- CASH BUYER ‑- LICENSE AND BONDING REQUIREMENTS. A cash buyer (as well as a commission merchant and/or dealer) of livestock is required to post a $7,500 surety bond required by RCW 20.01.210 as a condition precedent to obtaining a
AGO 1964 NO. 81 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- AUTHORITY TO PAY EXTRA COMPENSATION TO A SALARIED EMPLOYEE FOR OVERTIME WORK. A county official may pay extra compensation to a salaried employee for overtime work provided there has been compliance with the budgetary procedures which must be followed as a
AGO 1964 NO. 82 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- AUDITOR ‑- DUTY TO ACCEPT FOR FILING PLATS SHOWING ESTABLISHED FARM UNITS UNDER RCW 89.12.040. Under RCW 89.12.040, as amended by chapter 3, Laws of 1963, the county auditor is not required to accept for filing any plats submitted by the Secretary of the Interior
AGO 1964 NO. 83 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- THIRD CLASS ‑- LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LOCATED PARTLY OR ENTIRELY OUTSIDE CITY ‑- OBLIGATIONS ‑- GUARANTY FUND ‑- ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER REVENUE FUND. (1) The provisions of chapter 35.54 RCW (local improvement guaranty fund) are applicable to obligations issued in connection
AGO 1964 NO. 84 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- THIRD CLASS CITY ‑- PUBLIC STREETS ‑- VACATION ‑- PETITION SIGNED BY ALL ABUTTING OWNERS ‑- SUBJECT TO CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS. A city of the third class has the statutory power to vacate a platted city street in public use upon petition of all abutting property owners provided
AGO 1964 NO. 85 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES ‑- TIDELANDS RESERVED TO STATE FOR RECREATIONAL AND FISHING PURPOSES ‑- NO AUTHORITY TO GRANT PRIVATE USE. The director of the department of fisheries does not have the authority to grant private uses of tidelands reserved by the state under
AGO 1964 NO. 86 >
TAXATION ‑- REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX ‑- TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY TO CORPORATION BY SOLE STOCKHOLDER IN EXCHANGE FOR COMMON STOCK. The transfer of real property to a corporation by the sole stockholder, the consideration being the issuance of common stock to said stockholder, constitutes a sale