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...horities having directly to do with the construction and repair of roads and bridges within the county. At such meeting, which shall be open to the general public, the engineer, or the engineer's designee, shall instruct the proper authorities as to the best and most economical methods for repairing and maintaining the roads and bridges of the county, so as to provide a uniform system of highway work for such county....

...rict road improvement, or plans for the construction, improvement or repair of any bridge or culvert, determine whether the making of the improvement will require the closing to traffic of such highway, bridge, or culvert. The engineer shall, whenever practicable, so prepare the plans and specifications for an improvement as to avoid closing to traffic at any one time the entire width of the highway or bridge being i...

...s, and other necessary employees during construction and improvement and fix their compensation and bond.

...gate, pertaining to such improvement or construction.

... charge and control, applicable for the construction, maintenance, or repair of public highways, may, without the necessity of petition being presented by property owners or of advertising for competitive bids, make contracts with the association, or its proper representatives, to do such work within and for the betterment generally of the highways of the county, and make payments therefor out of any road or bridge f...

...tute obstructions or interfere with the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of such highways, bridges, or culverts, or the use thereof by the traveling public. If, in the opinion of the engineer, such persons, partnerships, or companies have obstructed any such highway, bridges, or culverts, or if any of their properties are, in his opinion, so located that they do or may interfere with the proposed im...

... not interfere with traffic or with the construction or repair of such highways. No person, partnership, or corporation shall erect, within the bounds of any highway or on the bridges or culverts thereon, any obstruction without first obtaining the approval of the board in case of highways other than roads and highways on the state highway system and the bridges and culverts thereon. All advertising or other signs ...

...ng such real estate, and for use in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of a public schoolhouse, public road or any other public improvement, located in such counties. Such materials shall be sold at prices fixed by the board or joint board of township trustees in control thereof, which prices shall not be less than the full cost of producing such materials. The moneys arising from s...

...nnection with a proposed improvement or construction. The resolution shall state the location and extent of lands to be acquired and of any lands proposed to be conveyed to such company in exchange therefor if they are within or contiguous to the bounds of the road to be improved or constructed. After passage of the resolution all subsequent proceedings of the board with respect to such matters may be had by a majori...

...ion with a proposed road improvement or construction, shall show the right of way or other lands of the street or interurban railway company which it is proposed to acquire and the location of lands proposed to be exchanged therefor, to the extent that the lands to be exchanged are located within or contiguous to the bounds of such road.

...n any issue of bonds for improvement or construction of a public road in other respects.

...When in the construction or improvement of a state highway, in the opinion of the director of transportation, it is in the public interest to vacate or close a public highway or any portion thereof under the jurisdiction of the county commissioners, said director may petition the county commissioners to vacate or close such highway in the same manner the freeholders may petition under sections 5553.04 to 5553.11 of t...

...some place on the county line where the construction thereof would be unusually expensive or difficult.

... of county commissioners asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any public road or part thereof and signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land or lot owners, residents of such county, who are to be specially taxed or assessed for said improvement, the board shall, within thirty days after such petition is presented, go upon the line of the proposed improvement and, after viewing...

...ority of such joint board may order the construction of such road, but such majority shall be composed of at least one commissioner from each county in which the improvement is located. No person signing a petition shall be permitted to withdraw therefrom unless the joint board finds there was fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining his signature.

...ion passed by unanimous vote, order the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any road located in said counties, or extending from one of said counties into or through adjoining counties, or along the line between said counties, and the joint board shall thereupon proceed with the improvement as if it were constructed upon a petition filed therefor.

...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...

...or, and shall be charged to the cost of construction of the improvement and apportioned as the original contract price for the improvement.

... state, or subdivision thereof, in such construction or improvement. Each party to such agreement shall pay such proportion of the costs of said improvement as is agreed upon by the parties thereto.

...ing in any special fund created for the construction of the improvement for which such materials and equipment were transported. If there is no balance in such fund, payment shall be made from any fund in the county treasury created by general taxation for county road purposes and against which no contractual obligations exist. Immediately upon the completion of any road work carried forward by the county, an inspect...

... to the interest of the county, for the construction, reconstruction, or repair and maintenance of such roads. This section does not authorize the board to refuse to make a levy for a road fund under the laws relating to levies for road and bridge purposes.

...wnship or municipal corporation for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of roads, and in building or repairing bridges.

...s provided for the board in county road construction.

...n or board authorized to supervise such construction. Assessments made by a municipal corporation under such agreement shall be made in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in sections 727.01 to 727.49 of the Revised Code. Assessments made by a board of county commissioners under such agreement shall be made in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in sections 5555.06 and 5555.07 of the Rev...

...The payment of the cost of the construction of an improvement as provided by section 5559.02 of the Revised Code shall be made as the work progresses, upon estimates made by the county engineer. No payment on account of the contract for any improvement, shall, before the completion of such contract, exceed ninety per cent of the value of the work performed to the date of such payment, and, except as provided in this ...