AGO 1951-53 No. 2.

• Case Date: April 03, 1951
• Court: Washington

Washington Attorney General Opinions 1951. AGO 1951-53 No. 2. April 3, 1951[Orig. Op. Page 1]PRIVATESTATE PARKS --- POWERS OF STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.State Parks and Recreation Commission may not have printed interpretive folders of Washington historical sites and sell the same in State Parks, the money to revert to the Parks and Parkway Funds.State Parks and Recreation Commission23040 Marine DriveDes Moines, WashingtonCite as: AGO 1951-53 No. 2Attention: Ruth E. Peeler Dear Madam: We have your letter of March 8, 1951, in which you ask the following question: May the State Parks and Recreation Commission have printed and sell interpretive folders of Washington Historical Sites and sell the same in State parks, the money to revert to the parks and parkway fund? The conclusions reached may be summarized as follows: The State Parks and Recreation Commission has no such authority. ANALYSIS It is elementary that public officials have no powers except such as are given to them by statute, either directly or by implication. 43.36 RCW (10940 to 10951, Rem. Rev. Stat. and amendments thereto) are the statutes on this subject. We cannot find where any right is given to the State Parks and Recreation Commission to enter into such an activity as the printing and selling of folders. The Commission is specifically granted power to to grant concession in State Parks and Parkways. The sale of folders might well be the subject of a concession. [Orig. Op. Page 2] The fact that the Commission fathered a bill at the recent session of the legislature to allow the printing and sale of interpretive folders of Washington Historical Sites in State parks, might be considered as evidence that the...