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...When any person by deed or will grants or devises property and money, or either, to trustees in perpetuity, in trust, stipulating that the principal and income, or any part of the principal and income thereof, is to be used and applied by said trustees and their successors in office for educational, charitable, or benevolent purposes, to be conducted in this state, and when such deed or will provides that the trustee...

...A charitable trust incorporated as provided in section 1719.01 of the Revised Code shall adopt and maintain a code of regulations for its government, and for the administration of the trust, in conformity with the deed or will. Such regulations shall provide for the election or appointment of the trustees of said corporation and their successors, and for the terms of office of such trustees and their successors, so a...

...The officers of a charitable trust incorporated as provided in section 1719.01 of the Revised Code, shall be a president, a vice-president, a treasurer and a secretary. The board may create other offices deemed necessary or designated by such deed or will.

...The board of trustees of a charitable trust incorporated as provided in section 1719.01 of the Revised Code, may accept any subsequent grant or devise of money or property made to it or to such corporation in perpetuity, in trust, the principal or income of which, or any part thereof as may be provided by such grant or devise, is to be used and applied for the purposes for which the original trust was established. In...

...The prosecuting attorney of the county in which a charitable trust incorporated as provided in section 1719.01 of the Revised Code has its general office may examine the accounts and records of such corporation, and may proceed by action in the proper courts to enforce the administration of the trust and the investment and application of its funds and property in accordance with the deed or will creating it. A copy ...

...When, by his will, admitted to probate in this state or elsewhere, a decedent devises or bequeaths his property, or a portion thereof, for charitable uses within this state, or for the establishment and maintenance of an industrial or educational school or institution to be located within this state; when such will provides that the executor shall organize a corporation under the laws of this state to receive such pr...

...The executor or executors, or his or their successors , of a will providing for a charitable trust as specified in section 1719.06 of the Revised Code shall associate with himself or themselves not more than two citizens and residents, other than the persons named in such will, of the county in which the charities are to be administered, or such institution or school located, and he or they and such associates shall ...

...The officials named in a will providing for a charitable trust as specified in section 1719.06 of the Revised Code, the other persons therein named, and, in case the articles are filed by the executor, the not more than two citizens and residents of the county in which the charities are to be administered or the institution or school located who execute and acknowledge them with such executor, shall, upon the filing ...

...Until the estate is finally settled, the board of directors of a charitable trust incorporated as provided in sections 1719.06 to 1719.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may meet in the state of the domicile of the testator.

...The officers of a charitable trust incorporated under sections 1719.06 to 1719.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall consist of a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and such others as the board of directors deems necessary. The president shall be a member of such board.

...The board of directors of a charitable trust incorporated under sections 1719.06 to 1719.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may adopt and change organic rules, regulations, and bylaws.

...The attorney general in his official capacity may bring proceedings in any court of record to enforce a devise or bequest to which section 1719.06 of the Revised Code is applicable, to protect and carry out the purposes named in the will, without waiting for the organization of the corporation.

...Any corporation organized under sections 1719.06 to 1719.12 of the Revised Code may increase or decrease the number of its members, directors, or trustees originally provided for, except that the number shall not be less than three. Any increase or decrease so made shall be authorized by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting called according to the regulations and bylaws of the corporation. No decrease ...

...Whenever, by a will under which any corporation is organized under sections 1719.01 to 1719.13 of the Revised Code, it is provided that the corporation shall be managed by a board of directors or trustees consisting in whole or in part of public officials of any kind, including municipal, county, state, or federal officials, judges, representatives, or senators, and when such testamentary provision for management, ei...

...not apply to, real estate investment trusts as defined in Chapter 1747. of the Revised Code and trusts engaged solely in exercising the voting rights pertaining to corporate shares or other securities in accordance with the terms of a written instrument. (B) "Foreign business trust" means a business trust organized under the laws of a state or jurisdiction other than this state. (C) "Trust instrument" means the wri...

...A business trust is hereby declared to be a permitted form of association for the conduct of business in this state. A business trust is a separate unincorporated legal entity, not a partnership, joint venture, joint-stock association, agency, or any other form of entity.

...No business trust shall be authorized to transact business in this state unless it complies with section 1746.04 of the Revised Code, except that a business trust that is transacting business in this state on the effective date of this section may continue to transact business in this state without complying with this chapter and, if it makes the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code, shall be deem...

...(A) Except as set forth in section 1746.03 of the Revised Code, before transacting business in this state, a business trust shall file in the office of the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary of state, a report containing the following information: (1) A list of the names and addresses of its trustees; (2) The address of its principal office; (3) In the case of a foreign business trust, th...

...l act or activity for which business trusts may be formed under this chapter. By such statement, all lawful acts and activities of the business trust conforming to the conditions and limitations, if any, specified in the trust instrument, are within the purposes of the business trust; (4) The authorized number, which may be unlimited, and the par value per share of shares of beneficial interest with par value, and t...

...(A) No business trust that has made a filing pursuant to section 1746.04 of the Revised Code may use the words "Incorporated," "Corporation," "Inc.," "Co.," "Partnership," "Ltd.," or derivatives thereof in its name. (B) No business trust formed after the effective date of this chapter that has made a filing pursuant to section 1746.04 of the Revised Code shall assume the name of any corporation established under the...

...A trust instrument may be amended in the manner specified in it or in any manner that is valid under the common or statutory law applicable to the business trust created by the instrument.

...(A) Any individual or entity may be a trustee of a business trust; any trustee may own shares, including all of the shares, of the business trust. (B) Unless otherwise set forth in the trust instrument, and notwithstanding section 1746.13 of the Revised Code, a trustee of a business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code shall be liable to the business trust, its shareholder...

... real or personal property or any interests in the property, wherever situated; (3) To purchase, take, receive, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, loan, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, securities, shares, or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign corporations, other business trusts, real estate investment trust...

...(A) A business trust may take, hold, and dispose of any estate or interest in real or personal property in its business name, or in the name of one or more of its trustees, or in the name of one or more of its nominees. A conveyance to a business trust in its business name shall recite that the grantee is a business trust, and the estate or interest so acquired can be conveyed by the business trust only in its busine...

...Business trusts transacting business in this state are subject to all applicable provisions of law, rules of procedure, and rules of court relating to domestic or foreign corporations, with regard to service of process.