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...Upon the receipt of the petition provided for in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall order the county engineer to make a survey of the ground over which the road is proposed to be changed and to make a report in writing, together with a plat and survey of the proposed change and his opinion as to its advantage or disadvantage. The report of such engineer shall be filed with th...

...the hearing on said petition. Proof of service of such notice shall be made by affidavit of the person serving such notice. If any of such owners are nonresidents of the county, the board shall give notice to such nonresidents by publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. A copy of the newspaper co...

...In determining whether the required number of persons necessary to give the board of county commissioners jurisdiction of the improvement have signed the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code asking for such improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement: (A) Resident landowners whose only real estate within the legal assessment distance of the impro...

...When a petition asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of a road in two or more counties, or along the county line between two or more counties in this state, is filed with the board of county commissioners of any one of said counties, the petitioners are not limited to the statement of a single method of paying the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement, but may request i...

...A joint board of county commissioners has jurisdiction to provide for the construction of a portion a road improvement wholly within one county when it is necessary to avoid some place on the county line where the construction thereof would be unusually expensive or difficult.

...Sections 5555.01 to 5555.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code relating to improvements wholly within one county shall when applicable apply to improvements authorized by a joint board of county commissioners.

...In exercising the powers enumerated and granted in sections 5555.81 and 5555.82 of the Revised Code, joint boards of county commissioners shall be governed and act in accordance with sections 5555.01 to 5555.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in so far as such sections are applicable.

...The board of county commissioners may construct a proposed road improvement into, within, or through a municipal corporation, when the consent of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation has been first obtained. Such consent shall be evidenced by the proper action of the legislative authority, entered upon its records, and the legislative authority may assume and pay such proportion of the cost of that...

...The board of county commissioners may provide for a road improvement within a municipal corporation by levying against the property benefited by such improvement in the same manner as provided in sections 5555.41, 5555.45, 5555.46, and 5555.47 of the Revised Code. The municipal corporation shall pay to the county treasurer its estimated portion of the cost of such an improvement, to be borne by the municipal corporat...

...Whenever any territory outside the limits of a municipal corporation having a planning commission or a platting commissioner, and within three miles of the corporate limits of such municipal corporation, has been platted into building lots and the plan of the streets approved by such commission or commissioner, and the plat of such addition has been regularly filed in the office of the county recorder, all streets in...

...When a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners asking for the improvement as provided by section 5559.02 of the Revised Code, and specifying the general character of the improvement desired, signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land or lot owners, residents of such county, who are to be specially assessed for such improvement, the board shall, within thirty days after such petition is prese...

...In determining whether the required number of persons have signed the petition asking for a road improvement, necessary to give the board of county commissioners jurisdiction thereof, the following persons shall not be counted, either for or against the improvement: (A) Owners of life and leasehold estates; (B) Minors and other persons under legal disability, unless represented by legal guardians, in which case the...

...The powers conferred by sections 5559.02 to 5559.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be supplementary to those conferred by law upon boards of county commissioners, with respect to the improvement of public highways, and the authority of the board in such respect, under existing laws, shall be in no way altered or abridged by such sections.

...When the board of county commissioners deems it necessary, in the abolishment of grade crossings, to change the location of any state or intercounty highway in the county, such board may, with the approval of the director of transportation, relocate such highway or any part thereof, vacate the whole or any portion of such highway abandoned by relocation, and cause the improvements contemplated to be placed in such re...

... grade, in the manner provided for the service of summons in civil actions. If any of such owners are nonresidents of the county, or if it appears from the return that they cannot be found, the notice shall be published for at least two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. Notice shall be completed at least twenty days before any work is d...

... its intention within thirty days after service upon it of the finding and order. The director shall certify to such commission all original papers on file with him, together with a copy of all orders made by him in the proceeding. Such appeal shall be docketed by the commission, and after reasonable notice to all interested parties it shall hear the appeal upon the evidence adduced before it, and shall determine wh...

...No order of the board of county commissioners for locating, establishing, altering, straightening, widening, or changing the direction of a public road, shall be executed until ten days have elapsed after the board has made its final order in the matter of compensation and damages, on account of such improvement. If, at the end of ten days, any person, firm, or corporation interested, has effected an appeal, then the...

...If an appeal is taken from the order of the board of county commissioners dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of a petition for a road improvement, and the jury finds in favor of such improvement, the court shall render judgment establishing such improvement, unless a new trial is granted by the court, and the said improvement shall be established unless the judgment of such court is reversed. The board shall ...

...In the maintenance and repair of roads, the board of township trustees and any township highway superintendent appointed by it, shall be subject to the general supervision and direction of the county engineer. Such board of township trustees shall follow the direction of the engineer as to methods to be followed in making repairs.

...In determining whether the required number of persons, necessary to give the board of township trustees jurisdiction, have signed the petition asking for a road improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement: (A) Resident landowners whose only real estate within the legal assessment distance of such road is located in a municipal corporation; (B) Owners of life and lea...

...The proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of any road improvement to be paid by the township shall be paid out of any road improvement fund available for it. For the purpose of providing by taxation a fund for the payment of the township's proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing, or improving roads under sections 5571.01, 5571.06, 5571.07, 5571.15,...

...The proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of any road improvement to be paid by a township road district shall be paid out of any road improvement fund available for it. For the purpose of providing by taxation a fund for the payment of a township road district's proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing, improving, maintaining, repairing, and draggi...

...h one hundred words, and, for all other services in connection with keeping the record, the fiscal officer shall receive the reasonable compensation allowed by the board.

...If a road is established as a part of the line or boundary of a township or municipal corporation, the board of township trustees of such adjoining townships and legislative authority of such municipal corporation, shall meet at a convenient place as soon after the first Monday of March as convenient, and apportion such road between the townships, or township and municipal corporation, as justice and equity require. ...

...(A) As used in sections 5579.04 to 5579.08 of the Revised Code, "noxious weed" means shatter cane (Sorghum bicolor), Russian thistle (Salsola kali var. tenuifolia), or any plant designated a prohibited noxious weed by the director of agriculture. (B) A board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, or the street commissioners of a municipal corporation, having control of and being charged with the duty...