State ex rel. Port of Seattle v. Gaines

Citations

• 109 Wash. 196
• 186 P. 257
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 948

Syllabus

<p>Counties (31, 70)—General Funds—Deposit by County Treasurer—Interest on Public Moneys. Under Rem. Code, § 5072, requiring county treasurers to deposit all public funds in a county depositary, and § 5074, requiring interest received thereon to be credited to the county expense fund, the interest on funds of a port district belongs to the county, .the county treasurer being required by Laws of 1917, p. 503, to handle port district funds without any compensation to the county other than the interest received thereon.</p> <p>Same. Rem. Code, § 5075, referring to the quarterly settlements for “any county moneys” deposited by county treasurers, was not intended to restrict the right of county treasurers to deposit strictly county funds, in view of all the other provisions of the act requiring the deposit of all public funds.</p> <p>Same. The legislature, in providing by Laws of 1917, p. 503. that all port district funds shall be paid to the county treasurer, must have had in mind the depositary act, Rem. Code, § 5072, requiring the county treasurer to deposit all public moneys in his hands in a depositary bank.</p>