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...The conviction of an agent or employee of cruelty to animals does not bar an action for cruelty to animals against his employer for allowing a state of facts to exist which will induce cruelty to animals on the part of such agent or employee.

...When, in order to protect any animal from neglect, it is necessary to take possession of it, any person may do so. When an animal is impounded or confined, and continues without necessary food, water, or proper attention for more than fifteen successive hours, any person may, as often as is necessary, enter any place in which the animal is impounded or confined and supply it with necessary food, water, and attention,...

...The board of county commissioners may, at the end of each year, make a yearly appropriation to the county humane society from the general fund of the county of such funds as the board deems reasonable. Such funds are to supplement any gifts, funds received from the dog and kennel fund, and any other funds received by the society and are to be used to carry out the activities of the society.

...(A) Annually, a county humane society shall submit enforcement activity reports to the county sheriff. (B) Records of an enforcement activity by a humane society agent are public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, except that any such records that are confidential law enforcement investigatory records, as defined in division (A)(2) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, are not public records.

...(A) A probate judge of a county in which a humane society agent operates may revoke the approval of an appointment for just cause, under the procedure established in division (B) of this section. (B)(1) A movant may commence the procedure by filing with the probate court a motion to revoke the appointment, in the form of an affidavit sworn to by the movant, describing the conduct that constitutes just cause for the...

...(A) A humane society may not enter into a written agreement with a person, wherein the humane society agrees not to prosecute the person for an alleged violation of law, unless the proposed agreement has been reviewed and approved by the judge that has presided over the hearing that is required to determine if the officer had probable cause to seize the animal, and which is related to the case that is the subject of ...

...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...

...A company or association incorporated for cemetery purposes may appropriate or otherwise acquire, and may hold, not more than six hundred forty acres of land at any one location, which shall be exempt from execution and from being appropriated for any public purpose, except as otherwise provided in this section. A company or association of that nature may own land at multiple locations, and as many as six hundred for...

...If it is necessary for a cemetery company or association, for cemetery purposes, to acquire lands by appropriation, such proceedings shall be taken therefor as are provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. No lands shall be appropriated until the probate court or court of common pleas is satisfied that suitable premises cannot be obtained by contract upon reasonable terms, and no land...

...Land shall not be appropriated, nor shall a cemetery be located, by an association incorporated for cemetery purposes or by a benevolent or religious society, within one hundred yards of a dwelling house, unless the owner of such dwelling house gives his consent, or unless the entire tract appropriated is a necessary addition to or enlargement of a cemetery already in use. The limit shall not be less than one hundred...

...Sections 1721.02 and 1721.03 of the Revised Code do not apply to a corporation or cemetery association owning a cemetery smaller than four acres and situated within one mile of the corporate limits of a municipal corporation.

...When in the judgment of the officers of a cemetery association it is necessary to secure additional land for the purpose of making an entrance to its ground, or to improve an entrance already made, the officers may apply to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the cemetery is located for the appointment of appraisers. Upon such application being made, such board shall proceed in accordance with se...