Northwestern Improvement Co. v. McNeil

Citations

• 100 Wash. 22
• 170 P. 338
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 697

Syllabus

<p>Counties — County Board — Authority — Contracts ■— Employment oe Valuation Expert. Under Rem. Code, § 3890, subd. 6, giving the county board the care and management of county business and such other business “as may be conferred by law,” the county commissioners have no power to employ experts to locate coal lands “for tax assessment purposes;” in view of Id., §§ 9102%, 9105, 9129, 9130, giving the county assessor and deputies appointed by him full power to make all due inquiry upon valuations for assessment, there being no intent to divide the duty or give the county board supervisory powers.</p>