Other LanguagesAGO 1953 NO. 462 >
WATER DISTRICT TAXES.
Section 1, chapter 62, Laws of 1951 was amended by Section 4, chapter 25, Laws of 1951, 2nd Ex. Sess. to reduce the maximum general levy from four mills to two mills.
AGO 1953 NO. 463 >
COURT COMMISSIONERS ‑- POWERS AND DUTIES ‑- MARRIAGES ‑- WHETHER A COURT COMMISSIONER HAS AUTHORITY TO PERFORM MARRIAGE CEREMONIES.
The broad power granted court commissioners by the constitution has been specifically defined by the legislature, and does not include the power to perform marriage
AGO 1953 NO. 464 >
BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES ‑- INTERSTATE COMPACT ACT ‑- HANDLING OF FUNDS DERIVED FROM CONDITION PRECEDENT TO PAROLE.
The Board of Prison Terms and Paroles has authority under its rule making power to require as a condition precedent to parole, a cash bond of a parolee who seeks
AGO 1953 NO. 465 >
GRANTING OF PROSPECTING LEASES AND MINING CONTRACTS ON LANDS OWNED BY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF GAME.
Any person or persons desiring to obtain a prospecting lease or mining contract on land owned by the State of Washington, Department of Game, must first obtain the approval of the
AGO 1953 NO. 466 >
SEWER DISTRICTS ‑- FIRE DISTRICTS ‑- OUTGOING COMMISSIONERS ‑- AUTHORITY TO SELL LAND.
Sewer and fire district commissioners do not have authority to sell real property of the district which is necessary for the continued operation of the district. An action to quiet title is not necessary to
AGO 1953 NO. 467 >
LEGALITY OF PROSECUTOR ACTING AS RECEIVER IN CERTAIN CASES.
A prosecuting attorney may not act as receiver in cases where the county sheriff is a party defendant.
AGO 1953 NO. 468 >
OLEOMARGARINE ‑- HOSPITALS, ETC.
RCW 15.32.370 prohibiting the use of any butter substitute in any charitable hospital, or educational, medical, or penal institution maintained or supported by the state, was not repealed by the passage of Initiative 180.
AGO 1953 NO. 469 >
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ‑- POWERS AND DUTIES ‑- STATE SENATE ‑- PRESIDING OFFICER ‑- DUTIES ‑- POWER OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO VOTE IN STATE SENATE.
The lieutenant governor of the state of Washington has no legal authority to act as presiding officer of the state senate nor to cast the deciding vote in
AGO 1953 NO. 470 >
PLACES OF REFUGE ‑- NURSING HOMES ‑- BOARDING HOUSES ‑- RECIPIENTS OF GENERAL ASSISTANCE: WHETHER A BOARDING HOUSE IN WHICH RECIPIENTS OF GENERAL ASSISTANCE LIVE IS A PLACE OF REFUGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF RCW 74.32.010; AND WHETHER RCW 18.51.010 SUPERSEDES RCW 74.32.010 OR DEPRIVES LOCAL
AGO 1953 NO. 471 >
FIRE PATROL ASSESSMENTS ‑- FOREST LANDS ‑- MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ‑- WHETHER A FIRE PATROL ASSESSMENT LEVIED UNDER RCW 76.04.360 AGAINST A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH OWNS FOREST LANDS VIOLATES ARTICLE XI, SECTION 12 OF THE WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION.
A fire patrol assessment levied