Ohio Revised Code Search

...That part of the railroad of a consolidated or surviving railroad company located in this state, and all its real and personal property in this state, shall be listed for taxation and taxed in the same manner as the railroad and property of other railroad companies in this state. To ascertain the proportion of the rolling machinery subject to taxation here, the officer listing it shall ascertain the value of all the ...

...ainst the new company formed by a consolidation of railroad companies, or against the surviving company in the case of a merger, in the courts of this state for all causes of action, in the same manner as against other companies.

...In any suit brought to charge a consolidated or surviving railroad company with a liability of any company party to the consolidation or merger, it is not necessary to produce or prove: (A) The charters of such companies; (B) The laws of the several states under and by virtue of which such consolidation or merger was effected; (C) The original articles of consolidation or merger.

...When two or more railroad companies are owners in common of the whole or a part of a railroad located within this state, and by reason of inequality in the amount of business done on such railroad by each company require a different degree and extent of improvement and development, such companies may enter into any arrangement they agree upon for enlarging, improving, developing, or increasing the facilities of such ...

... roadbed, right of way, main tracks or sidetracks, bridges, culverts, buildings, structures, fixtures, or appurtenances, or any part thereof, of such railroad or part thereof, desired by such company, and of its inability to agree with the other joint owners in respect to making them. Upon receipt of such statement the commission, within thirty days of its filing, shall appoint a time when the owners of such railroad...

...ed between the joint owners, shall be paid by them in proportion to their ownership in the joint property, irrespective of the amount of traffic which each owner may then have passing over such railroad. If either owner fails or refuses to pay the share of cost due from it on the basis fixed in this section, or within the period fixed by such commission, suit may be entered and judgment taken against that party. Suc...

...ut it may be sold upon execution as provided in such sections.

...the agreement or to the proceedings provided for in sections 4967.21 to 4967.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, either railroad company sells or conveys, or suffers to be sold or conveyed, its interest in the railroad or part thereof so owned in common, such company may acquire by purchase or condemnation such land as it needs to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad along and adjacent to such part of its char...

...te with the lessor in the agreement provided for in section 4967.21 of the Revised Code, or with such lessor and owner, be compelled to make or pay for the addition and improvements contemplated in such section.

...ex of which shall be the center of the middle red stripe. The stars shall be grouped around a red disc superimposed upon a white circular "O." The thirteen stars grouped around the "O" represent the original states of the United States and the four stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the seventeenth state admitted to the union. The "O" represents the "O" in "Ohio" and suggests the state's ...

...roportionately reduced in size and embroidered. The colors will be trimmed on three edges with a knotted fringe of yellow silk two and one half inches wide. Attached below the head of the pike will be a silk cord of scarlet and white eight feet six inches in length with a tassel at each end. The naval flag of the governor of Ohio will be of scarlet wool bunting, three feet hoist by four feet fly. The design will be ...

...til sunset on all national and state holidays and on any other days that the governor proclaims. The state flag may be flown at night when properly lighted. When the state flag is displayed outdoors, it shall be flown either from a flagpole or a staff. Any staff from which the state flag is flown shall be at least two and one-half times as long as the state flag. (B) When the state flag and the United States flag a...

..."I salute the flag of the state of Ohio and pledge to the buckeye state respect and loyalty" is hereby adopted as the official pledge to the state flag. The pledge shall not replace, preempt, or be recited before the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag.

... five-foot fly, or another appropriate width of fold for a flag of a different size. Repeat the folds a total of fourteen times, alternating the folds in a fan-like manner. The result is a total of seventeen folds symbolizing that Ohio was the seventeenth state admitted to the union. Finally, neatly and snugly wrap the remaining length of flag around the fan-folds to form a compact rectangle.

...vision (D) of this section shall be provided to all persons upon entering the premises where the ceremony will occur along with a copy of the pledge set forth in section 5.013 of the Revised Code. (D) The preamble to the ceremony shall state the following: I am the flag of the state of Ohio. My first witness to our country as your state symbol was to the assassination of President William McKinley on September ...

...The scarlet carnation is hereby adopted as the state flower as a token of love and reverence for the memory of William McKinley.

...The plant Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as the large white trillium, found in every Ohio county, is hereby adopted as the state wild flower.

...The 1905 Wright Flyer III, first flown on June 23, 1905, near Dayton, Ohio, is hereby adopted as the state airplane.

...The bird, cardinalis cardinalis, commonly known as the "cardinal," is the official bird of the state.

...The snake, Coluber constrictor constrictor, known as the black racer, is the official reptile of the state.

...The animal, Odocoileus virginianus, commonly known as the white-tailed deer, is the official animal of the state. Naming the white-tailed deer as the official animal of the state does not relieve the division of wildlife of its duty to manage the deer population and its distribution.

...The salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, commonly known as the spotted salamander, is the official amphibian of the state.

...The frog, Rana catesbeiana, commonly known as the bullfrog, is the official frog of the state.

...A shelter pet is hereby designated as the official pet of the state to raise public awareness of shelter animals.

...The coat of arms of the state shall consist of the following device: a circular shield; in the right foreground of the shield a full sheaf of wheat bound and standing erect; in the left foreground, a cluster of seventeen arrows bound in the center and resembling in form the sheaf of wheat; in the background, a representation of Mount Logan, Ross county, as viewed from Adena state memorial; over the mount, a rising su...