State v. Metropolitan Park District

Citations

• 100 Wash. 449
• 171 P. 254
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 765

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations—Criminal Liability — Employees. A metropolitan park district cannot be guilty of violating Rem. Code, § 6580a, prohibiting the employment of females more than eight hours a day, where the act has no element of a violation of a public duty imposed upon it by law; especially in view of Id., § 6568a providing that any employer, superintendent or other agent of any such employer shall, upon conviction of any violation of the act, be punished, etc.</p> <p>Same—Park Districts—Powers. The operation of a public restaurant by a metropolitan park district is not among the powers conferred upon it by Rem. Code, § 5835 et seq., and must be considered as ultra vires.</p> <p>Same—Parks—“Governmental Functions.” The regulation and maintenance of public parks is not a proprietary act, but rests purely within the governmental functions of a municipal corporation.</p>