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...When any lot of land lying within the limits of a municipal corporation has been dedicated, given, or granted thereto, and set apart for the use and support of schools, the court of common pleas, on the application of the mayor or legislative authority thereof, may authorize an exchange of such lot for such other lot within the limits of the municipal corporation as the interest of the schools therein require. All lo...

...Each application for the exchange of lots under section 721.18 of the Revised Code shall be by petition verified by the mayor. The board of education of the municipal corporation and such other persons as the court of common pleas orders shall be made party defendants. The petition shall set forth an accurate description of each lot proposed to be given or taken in exchange, the specific circumstances which render th...

...Notice of the filing, pendency, and prayer of the petition provided for by section 721.19 of the Revised Code shall be published for four consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, prior to the day of hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in such municipal corporation.

...If, upon the hearing of the petition provided for in section 721.19 of the Revised Code, it appears to the court of common pleas that notice of the filing, pendency, and prayer thereof has been given as provided by section 721.20 of the Revised Code, and that an exchange of lots is necessary and will promote the interests of the schools, and that such an order would not be inconsistent with the terms of the original ...

...A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, transfer, lease, or permit the use of any property, real or personal, suitable for library purposes, to the board of trustees of any free public library or any library association rendering free library service to the inhabitants of the municipal corporation, upon such lawful terms as are agreed upon between the municipal corporation and the trustees of such library or libra...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may permit the use of public buildings under its control, upon such terms as it provides by ordinance.

...A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, sell or lease any real property, suitable for school farms, upon which it has acquired, established, erected, or maintained or may acquire, establish, erect, or maintain correctional institutions, houses of refuge, or like institutions, together with any personal property suitable for school farms, to any board of education upon such lawful terms as are agreed to between the...

...Boards of education may acquire, lease, and maintain real property as provided by section 721.24 of the Revised Code, either within or without the school district of such board. When such property is conveyed it shall be under the control and supervision of the board of education, and all the powers, duties, and jurisdiction, relative to such institutions, vested in such municipal corporation or any officer thereof, ...

...Any municipal corporation may sell, lease, or dedicate any land owned or acquired by it, to the United States for use by the United States public health service, or it may trade or exchange such property for property owned by the United States. Any such sale, lease, dedication, or exchange shall be authorized by ordinance of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, approved by a two-thirds vote of all...

...(A) The actions specified in division (B) of this section may be taken without competitive bidding as required by sections 721.03 and 721.15 of the Revised Code. (B) A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, authorize the transfer, lease, or conveyance of any real property, upon which it has acquired, established, erected, or maintained a hospital, together with any personal property suitable for such hospital, to ...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may authorize the transfer, lease, or conveyance of any real property in accordance with and for the purposes of a plan adopted by the legislative authority for urban redevelopment or urban renewal upon such lawful terms and conditions and in such manner as are prescribed by the legislative authority, without competitive bidding as required by section 721.03 of the...

...The legislative authority of a city may sell to a board of county commissioners real estate belonging to the city that is no longer needed for city purposes upon such lawful terms as are agreed upon between the city and the board of county commissioners, without competitive bidding as required by section 721.03 of the Revised Code. No such sale shall be made unless the contract for the sale is authorized by ord...

...As used in this chapter, "livestock" means either of the following: (A) Equine animals regardless of the purpose for which they are raised; (B) Any of the following animals that are raised for human food products or fiber: (1) Porcine animals; (2) Bovine animals; (3) Caprine animals; (4) Ovine animals; (5) Poultry; (6) Alpacas; (7) Llamas; (8) Any other animal designated in rules adopted under section ...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio livestock care standards board consisting of the following members: (1) The director of agriculture, who shall be the chairperson of the board; (2) Ten members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The ten members shall be residents of this state and shall include the following: (a) One member representing family farms; (b) One member who is...

...(A) The Ohio livestock care standards board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the care and well-being of livestock in this state. In adopting those rules, the board shall consider the following factors: (1) Best management practices for the care and well-being of livestock; (2) Biosecurity; (3) The prevention of disease; (4) Animal morbidity and mortality data; ...

...(A) In order to assist the Ohio livestock care standards board in the administration and enforcement of this chapter, the director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (1) Hire all employees of the board, including an executive director. Employees of the board shall be in the unclassified civil service, serve at the pleasure of the director of agriculture, and be compensated with money from the animal and...

...No person shall do either of the following: (A) Falsify any plans, specifications, data, reports, records, or other information required by this chapter or rules adopted under it to be kept or submitted to the director of agriculture or the Ohio livestock care standards board; (B) Violate any provision of this chapter or any order, rule, or determination of the director or board issued, adopted, or made under...

...The authority granted to the Ohio livestock care standards board and the director of agriculture by this chapter does not detract from or expand the authority or obligations of county humane societies or county officials under Chapter 1717. of the Revised Code.

...The authority granted to the Ohio livestock care standards board and the director of agriculture by this chapter does not apply to food processing production activity that is regulated by the department of agriculture under Title IX of the Revised Code.

...The Ohio livestock care standards board shall not create a statewide animal identification system.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Brand" means a distinctive design, mark of identification, or number that is applied to the hide of livestock by a hot iron or other humane method approved by the director of agriculture and is currently registered under section 947.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, and other animals of the family bovidae, swine and other animals of the family su...

...s he deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the length of time that any of the applicants have used the brand prior to applying for registration under this section. (E) The director may not concurrently register more than one brand name in the name of the owner of livestock in this state. (F) Registration of a brand is for five years. Registrations may be renewed for periods of five years under procedures p...

...A brand currently registered under section 947.02 of the Revised Code is personal property of the person in whose name it is registered and may be sold, assigned, transferred, or bequeathed or pass under the laws of descent and distribution as other personal property. However, the buyer or other assignee or transferee of a currently registered brand shall apply to the director of agriculture on a form prescribed and ...

...f livestock, other than railroads, to accompany the shipment of livestock while in transit. The bill of sale or a copy shall be shown by the possessor on demand to any law enforcement officer. The bill of sale is prima-facie evidence of the conveyance of title of the livestock described by the bill of sale. (B) A person engaged in the business of transporting or hauling livestock in this state shall, upon receiving ...

...(A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of livestock and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly apply a brand to livestock owned by another or knowingly destroy or alter a brand on livestock owned by another. (B) No person shall knowingly offer to sell, sell, purchase, or transport livestock on which a brand has been destroyed or altered for the purpose of depriving the owner of the livestock. (C) No ...

... the Revised Code, each stock insurance company shall have and maintain capital and surplus in the aggregate amount of not less than two million five hundred thousand dollars, which amount shall include paid-in-capital of not less than one million dollars and contributed surplus of not less than one million dollars. (2) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact in this state any of the...

...(A) Each insurance company authorized to transact business in this state, except any life insurance company, shall maintain reserves in at least all of the following amounts: (1) An amount that equals the unearned portions of the gross premiums charged on unexpired or unterminated risks and policies; (2) An amount that is estimated to be sufficient to provide for the ultimate payment of all losses or claims, whethe...

...amounts: (1) With respect to any stock company, an amount greater than one-tenth of its paid-up capital and surplus; (2) With respect to any mutual company, an amount greater than one-tenth of its surplus. (B) For purposes of calculating the amount of liability incurred on any single risk, a deduction shall be made for any reinsurance ceded to an authorized reinsurer. (C) For purposes of calculating the amount of...

...An employee who recovers against his employer for injuries sustained while in the employ of his employer, and sustained because of the negligence of the employer or negligence for which said employer is liable, is subrogated to all the rights of the employer under any contract or policy of insurance against loss or damage resulting to said employer from the injury or death of an employee while in the service of such...

...In case of the death of any employee by reason of the wrongful or negligent acts of the employee's employer, or negligence or wrongful acts for which said employer is liable, the personal representative of the deceased employee has all the rights and remedies that the employee would have had under section 3929.03 of the Revised Code had death not resulted.

...irm, or corporation is responsible, the liability of the insurance company is absolute, and the payment of said loss does not depend upon the satisfaction by the assured of a final judgment against him for loss, damage, or death occasioned by such casualty. No such contract of insurance shall be canceled or annulled by any agreement between the insurance company and the assured after said assured has become responsi...

...the judgment debtor was insured against liability for that injury, death, or loss, the plaintiff or the plaintiff's successor in interest is entitled as judgment creditor to have an amount up to the remaining limit of liability coverage provided in the judgment debtor's policy of liability insurance applied to the satisfaction of the final judgment. (2) If, within thirty days after the entry of the final judgment re...

...An insurance company that is required by division (B) of section 3929.01 or section 3953.06 of the Revised Code to deposit fifty thousand dollars of bonds with the superintendent of insurance may, in lieu of that deposit, make a deposit of one hundred thousand dollars, in securities in which the company may invest its assets by the laws of the state in which it is incorporated, with the superintendent of insurance or...

...When any insurance company organized under the laws of this state is required by the retaliatory or other laws of any other state or district to make a deposit with the superintendent of insurance of this state, for the benefit of its policyholders, as a condition to the right of such company to transact business in such other state or district, the superintendent shall receive such deposit in the amount that is requ...

...of the required deposit. So long as the company continues solvent, it shall receive the interest on the deposited securities. Any deposit made under said sections may be withdrawn by the company when the superintendent of insurance, upon examination of the books of the company, affidavits of its principal officers, and other evidence, is satisfied and certifies that all the obligations and liabilities which the depo...

...No company organized under the laws of this state to transact the business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons holding places of public or private trust, who are required to, or in their trust capacity do, receive, hold, control, or disburse public or private property, and to transact the business of guaranteeing the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, or of executing or guaranteeing bonds or ...

...No guaranty company mentioned in section 3929.10 of the Revised Code organized under the laws of another state, territory, district, or country shall be licensed to transact such business in this state unless at least two hundred thousand dollars of its assets are invested in the securities permitted by sections 3925.05 to 3925.08 of the Revised Code, or in securities permitted by the laws of the state, district, or ...

...shall, in any proceeding to enforce the liability which it has assumed to incur, be estopped to deny its corporate power to execute such instrument or assume such liability.

...sole surety, is sufficient if done by a company authorized to guarantee the fidelity of persons holding places of public or private trust, to guarantee the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, and to execute and guarantee bonds and undertakings in actions or proceedings or allowed by law. When a bond, recognizance, or undertaking is so executed and guaranteed by such a company, it is a full complia...

...(A) Any domestic or foreign insurance company that is authorized to transact surety business pursuant to division (A)(19) or (20) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code, may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars with respect to each of any guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued in that year by an automobile club or association by filing with the superintendent of insurance an ...

... fiduciary has given bond with a surety company as surety thereon in the settlement of his account as such fiduciary, shall allow a reasonable sum to be paid to such a company authorized under the laws of this state to do so for becoming his surety, not above one half of one per cent per annum on the amount of the bond, unless said bond is in double the probable value of the aggregate of the tangible and intangible p...

... Revised Code authorize such a guaranty company as is described therein to become surety upon the bond required by law of any state officer, except the superintendent of insurance, and of any county, township, or municipal officer. Such company may be accepted by the officers required to approve such bond, in lieu of the sureties required by law.

...The premium of any licensed surety company on the bond of any public officer, deputy, or employee shall be allowed and paid by the state, county, township, municipal corporation, or other subdivision, or board of education, of which such person giving the bond is such officer, deputy, or employee.

...ount of the premium note or contingent liability, and the company shall have a lien on such building and land to the amount of such note or liability. Such lien shall not take effect until the company files, with the county recorder of the county in which the property insured is located, a certificate stating the date, number, and amount of the premium note or contingent liability, and such a description of th...

...A fire insurance company doing business under the laws of this state, which issues policies of insurance covering property located in this state, and on such policies receives from the persons insured either cash payments of premium, or notes subject to assessment for payment of losses, or notes for the installments of premium, shall insert in every such policy issued an obligation to cancel it, upon the written requ...

...ection 3929.19 of the Revised Code, the company issuing such policy may retain customary short rates, as established and charged by companies doing a cash business, for the time the policy has been in force, and return to the insured the unearned premium on the policy for the unexpired time.

... Such policy shall first be sent to the secretary or agent of the company, and, within sixty days after receipt thereof for cancellation, the premium note shall be returned. The insured shall first pay his proportion of all losses which actually occurred up to the date when the policy was received. The company is not liable for any loss under any such policy after it is returned for cancellation.

...ection 3929.19 of the Revised Code, the company issuing such policy may collect of the insured the customary short rates for the time the policy has been in force, said rates to be computed on the full term of insurance mentioned in the policy as charged by such company. On receipt of such short rates, it must return all installment notes then unpaid and refund to the insured any premium collected in excess of the s...

...oke the certificate of authority of the company guilty of such violation.

...A person, company, or association insuring any building or structure against loss or damage by fire or lightning shall have such building or structure examined by his or its agent, and a full description thereof made, and its insurable value fixed, by such agent. In the absence of any change increasing the risk without the consent of the insurers, and in the absence of intentional fraud on the part of the insured, in...