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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1955 NO. 152 >
WASHINGTON-OREGON BOUNDARY COMMISSION ‑- SUBSISTENCE AND LODGING FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. Members of the newly created Washington-Oregon Boundary Commission are entitled to actual necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them away from their homes on official business of the commission
AGO 1955 NO. 153 >
FIREMEN ‑- PENSION SYSTEMS ‑- ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS. A paid fireman employed prior to January 1, 1947, who is a member of the pension system established by the Laws of 1909, is not entitled to a refund of his pension contributions if he resigns prior to twenty years' service.
AGO 1955 NO. 154 >
JUDGES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ‑- SUPPLEMENTAL OASI COVERAGE. Supplemental OASI coverage may not be extended to members of the Judges' Retirement System under existing law.                       
AGO 1955 NO. 155 >
WATER AND SEWER RATES ‑- REASONABLE PROFIT ‑- TRANSFER SURPLUS TO GENERAL FUND Cities may fix rates so that a reasonable profit results and transfer surplus to general fund in absence of agreement with bondholders to contrary.             
AGO 1955 NO. 156 >
ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY ‑- WHAT INCLUDED Tax Commission has neither right nor obligation under Chapter 385, Laws of 1955, to take into custody abandoned tangible property.                     
AGO 1955 NO. 157 >
ELECTIONS ‑- POLITICAL ADVERTISING ‑- ANONYMOUS SPONSORSHIP OF Chapter 317, Laws of 1955, which prohibits anonymous political advertisements, includes advertising pertaining to state measures such as initiatives, referendums and proposed constitutional amendments, as well as local propositions such
AGO 1955 NO. 158 >
OASI ‑- COUNTY REFERENDUM ‑- ELIGIBILITY ‑- ELECTED OFFICIALS ‑- SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES ‑- POLICEMEN ‑- FIREMEN ‑- HORTICULTURAL EMPLOYEES ‑- AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EMPLOYEES ‑- SUPERIOR COURT EMPLOYEES ‑- CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES 1. Elected officials, except where paid on fee basis,
AGO 1955 NO. 159 >
ELECTIONS ‑- CHANGE OF FORM OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ‑- TIME NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEN TAKE OFFICE Where a city decides to change its form of government from a commission to the council-manager form a council is elected at the time of the special election on the proposition.  The councilmen-
AGO 1955 NO. 160 >
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ‑- OASI PLAN -- AMENDMENT --COUNTIES ‑- SUBMISSION ‑- WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL ONCE GIVEN 1. County cannot submit plan for extension of OASI coverage to county-employee members of state employees' retirement system. 2. County commissioners cannot withdraw
AGO 1955 NO. 161 >
MOTOR VEHICLES ‑- EXCESS WEIGHT ‑- POUNDAGE FEES ‑- CIVIL PENALTY RCW 46.44.048, providing for the payment for excess weights in addition to any penalty incurred under the provisions of Title 46, provides for the assessment of a civil penalty based on a graduate scale and is enforceable by a civil