Other LanguagesAGO 1954 NO. 306 >
CONSOLIDATION OR REARRANGEMENT OF CLASSES UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.
The Department of Labor and Industries is authorized under RCW 51.16.100 to divide, rearrange or consolidate any class or classes and make any adjustment or transfer of funds that it may deem proper.
AGO 1954 NO. 307 >
ANNEXATION ‑- DESCRIPTION ‑- EFFECT OF POLICE JUDGES ‑- 4TH CLASS CITIES ‑- JURISDICTION PRIMARY HIGHWAYS ‑- ABANDONMENT.
1. The police court of a town does not have jurisdiction over traffic violations on a state highway contiguous but not within, a newly annexed area.
2. Upon removal of the
AGO 1954 NO. 308 >
NECESSITY OF APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF MONEYS IN THE OASI CONTRIBUTION FUND.
The OASI contribution fund is a special and separate fund in the sense that legislative appropriation is unnecessary to authorize transfer of the moneys in the fund to the Federal Treasury.
AGO 1954 NO. 309 >
TAXABILITY OF NEW METROPOLITAN LEASE
1. In a lease in which the University of Washington is lessor and a private individual is lessee, the leasehold interest is taxable to the lessee.
2. A provision allowing deduction of taxes against the leasehold interest from future rental payments does not
AGO 1954 NO. 310 >
FISH ‑- FOOD FISH ‑- FROZEN HERRING FOR BAIT ONLY
A person operating a boat for hire, selling frozen herring for bait only, falls within the purview of RCW 75.28.310 and is required to obtain either a wholesale or retail fish dealer's license.
AGO 1954 NO. 311 >
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- DIRECTORS ‑- BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN CONTRACTS
A school district may not legally purchase water from a private water company owned by a member of the district school board.
AGO 1954 NO. 312 >
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‑- EXPENSES ‑- OTHER THAN MILEAGE ‑- SUBSISTENCE ‑- LODGING ‑- COUNTIES OF SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH CLASSES
1. RCW 36.17.020 (1953 Supp.), allowing "ten dollars per diem for expenses to commissioners in counties of the sixth, seventh, and eighth classes, does not repeal or
AGO 1954 NO. 313 >
COUNTIES ‑- ROADS ‑- IMPROVEMENT OF STREET WITHIN A TOWN
A county has no legal authority to gratuitously surface a town street.
AGO 1954 NO. 314 >
COUNTIES ‑- PLANNING COMMISSIONS ‑- DEDICATION OF McNARY DAM --EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS
A county may not make an advanced contribution to a fund to be administered by private parties to defray the cost of dedicating McNary Dam. It may, however, pay certain items of cost upon duly certified
AGO 1954 NO. 315 >
LABOR AGREEMENTS ‑- OPENING FOR RENEGOTIATION DURING EFFECTIVE PERIOD ‑- DEFINITION OF "MONTHLY WAGES" AS CONTEMPLATING OR NOT OVERTIME PAY FOR SPECIFIC HOLIDAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS BY EMPLOYER TO HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND.
Where labor agreement can be opened for renegotiation and review of "monthly