Other LanguagesAGO 1956 NO. 321 >
STATE INSTITUTIONS ‑- CONTRACTS, COMPROMISE OF BY STATE AUDITOR
The State Auditor has the right to compromise a claim against the state arising from an alleged breach of contract.
AGO 1956 NO. 322 >
CITIES AND TOWNS ‑- SALARIES ‑- ORDINANCES ENACTED BY INITIATIVE
An initiative ordinance providing for the classification of police and firemen under a pay adopted by the council does not prevent the council from fixing their salaries under a charter provision so authorizing, and only prevents the
AGO 1956 NO. 323 >
FEES ‑- CLERKS ‑- GUARDIANSHIP ‑- JUDGMENT FEES
The county clerk may charge a judgment fee for the entry of a judgment in a guardianship proceeding against the guardian and surety, such judgment running in favor of the ward and the newly appointed guardian.
AGO 1956 NO. 324 >
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES ‑- AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT TOLL FREE PARALLEL BRIDGE ON LAKE WASHINGTON ‑- STEPS NECESSARY TO BUILD TACOMA-SEATTLE‑EVERETT TOLL ROAD AS A FREEWAY
1. Federal funds may be available, depending upon congressional approval of the needs study submitted by the
AGO 1956 NO. 325 >
CEMETERIES ‑- MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CARE DEPOSITS FOR CRYPTS AND NICHES
An endowment care cemetery is one in which the authority must pay a minimum of $10.00 for each adult grave, $30.00 for each crypt, and $5.00 for each niche, or 10% of the gross sales price which ever is greater.
AGO 1956 NO. 326 >
NAVIGABILITY OF RIVERS ‑- NORTH RIVER ‑- COURTS' POWER TO DETERMINE
The navigability of the North River has not been determined. It is not the office of the attorney general to determine navigability of rivers; such determination lies exclusively within the jurisdiction of the courts.
AGO 1956 NO. 327 >
TAXATION ‑- MINES AND MINES AND MINING ‑- UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS
Unpatented mining claims are assessable as personal property and taxable to the holder on his possessory rights.
AGO 1956 NO. 328 >
REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX ‑- GRANT TO FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION OF PROPERTY IN TRUST FOR GRANTOR, FOLLOWED BY A SUBSEQUENT SALE TO THIRD PARTY ‑- APPLICABILITY OF TAX
The real estate excise tax is applicable to both a conveyance to a trustee and a subsequent conveyance by the trustee to a new purchaser
AGO 1956 NO. 329 >
TAXATION; MFGR'S FEDERAL EXCISE TAX; TREAD RUBBER; IMMUNITY OF COUNTY FROM FEDERAL TAX; STATE SALES TAX MEASURE
1. Federal mfgr's excise tax on tread rubber, itemized separately in bill to a county for treading services, is not imposed on the county in violation of constitutional immunity from tax
AGO 1956 NO. 330 >
ELECTIONS ‑- STICKER CANDIDATES.ELECTIONS ‑- PRIMARY ‑- FILL UNEXPIRED COUNTY OFFICE
In the event a county clerk elected for a term expiring January 1, 1958, dies on August 29, 1956, which date is subsequent to the last day for filing for the September primary, but several candidates for the