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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1952 NO. 442 >
LIABILITY OF POLICE AND PENSION FUND BOARD FOR CLAIM OF PATROLMAN INJURED IN LINE OF DUTY WHO RECEIVED SETTLEMENT FROM PERSON CAUSING ACCIDENT. A Patrolman who received medical and hospital care under a private contract waives payment for such services from Police Relief and Pension Fund.  
AGO 1952 NO. 443 >
FINANCING OF COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSIONS.  School districts, irrigation districts and water districts may not make appropriations to aid a county planning commission.  Public utility districts are vested with the same powers as county commissioners with respect to county planning
AGO 1952 NO. 444 >
MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCESS POUNDAGE, DETERMINATION OF. The poundage over that for which the vehicle was licensed, rather than the poundage over the maximum for which the vehicle was designed or could be licensed under the law, determines excess weight as provided in RCW 46.44.     
AGO 1952 NO. 445 >
APPLICATION OF THE "FULL CREW" STATUTE WITHIN THE YARD LIMITS. Under RCW 81.40.010 full crew statute, a passenger, mail or express train consisting of four cars or more operating within the yard limits as a train on its run must carry a full passenger crew.       
AGO 1952 NO. 446 >
 COUNTIES ‑- REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX ‑- MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, APPLICATION FOR REAL ESTATE SALES TAX ‑- APPLICATION OF TAX UPON REVERTER FOR CONDITION BROKEN ‑- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. The county real estate sales tax is imposed upon the transfer of real property back to industrial
AGO 1952 NO. 447 >
COUNTIES ‑- REAL ESTATE SALES TAX ‑- FORECLOSURE ACTIONS ‑- FORFEITURE ACTIONS ‑- VENDEE'S INTEREST TRANSFERRED BACK TO VENDOR ‑- ASHFORD v. REESE DOCTRINE. The county real estate sales tax is imposed upon the transfer back of the vendee's interest in a breached contract to purchase real property
AGO 1952 NO. 448 >
OPERATION OF GROUP HOMES IN CONNECTION WITH STATE CORRECTIONAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS. Division of Children and Youth Services may acquire, maintain, and operate group homes for post-institutional care and education of inmates of the two training schools for purpose of restoration of such persons to
AGO 1952 NO. 449 >
CERTIFICATION OF FOSTER AND PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE HOMES FOR CHILDREN. Chapter 270, Laws of 1951, does not require that adoptive homes be issued certificates of approval by the State Department of Social Security.               
AGO 1952 NO. 450 >
TERM OF OFFICE, SALARY INCREASE DURING TERM, AND REMOVAL BY MAYOR OF POLICE JUDGE OF CITY OF THIRD CLASS. In view of statutory authority therefor mayor may remove at pleasure police judge (who has no fixed term) of city of third class although such officer is a justice of the peace.  Salary in