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..., and shall be executed by the board of county commissioners, on behalf of any county, pursuant to authorization contained in the resolution determining to proceed with said joint bridge construction provided in section 5591.09 of the Revised Code, and by the president and secretary of any railroad or union depot company, on behalf of such company, pursuant to authorization of its board of directors.

...henever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it is for the best interests, security, and convenience of the public in carrying out any contract for the construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, such board may establish new highways and widen, change the location of, alter, straighten, narrow, change the grade of, or vacate a part or all of any public highway established or to be establish...

...The board of county commissioners may in the making of a contract for the construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, provide for approaches to such bridge for general highway traffic, over or from any other public highway adjacent to such joint bridge, and may acquire lands or property for such bridge and approaches by dedication, purchase, or appropriation in the manner provided for the dedication, purcha...

...all of any public highway, the board of county commissioners of a county may, by resolution, declare such necessity and its intention to make such highway modifications or alterations, and provide in the resolution the manner in which the alterations or changes are to be made, the approximate cost so far as the county is concerned, the land or other property it is necessary to appropriate, how the cost of such altera...

...Notice of the passage of the resolution provided for in section 5591.07 of the Revised Code shall be served upon the owners of property abutting upon that part of any highway to be altered, relocated, narrowed, or vacated in whole or part, or any change of grade thereof, in the manner provided as to resolutions declaring the necessity for a street improvement of a municipal corporation.

...591.07 of the Revised Code the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not it will proceed with the proposed improvement. If it is desired to proceed a resolution by the board shall be passed which must contain, in addition to the terms stated in the resolution, a determination to proceed with the construction of a joint bridge. At the time of passing the resolution, the proposed contract between th...

...of the land or property required by the county for approaches to the bridge, for making alterations in any highway shown on the plan or required by the specifications or contract, or necessary to be purchased or appropriated by the county, and any land required for establishing, altering, widening, or changing the location or grade of any highway, or slope rights for any highway or approaches, required by the terms o...

...vised Code has gone into effect and the county and railroad or union depot company have executed the contract approved by the resolution providing for construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, the company shall dedicated for public use a highway of such width and at such elevation as is fixed and determined in the contract. Dedication shall be by plat prepared, signed, acknowledged, and recorded in the sa...

...ny part of such highway by the board of county commissioners, the same proceeding shall be had by it as is provided for the establishment, change of location, relocation, widening, vacation, or establishing or re-establishing a grade for a highway as in the case of county roads within the jurisdiction of such board.

...all be purchased or appropriated by the county or the railroad in the manner as provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...vided in the construction contract, the county may issue its bonds to the necessary amount, under the provisions and limitations of the law with respect to the submission to the voters of the county of the question of issuing bonds for the construction of county bridges, which bonds shall be of such denomination and payable at such places and times as the board of county commissioners determines, and shall bear inter...

...newspaper of general circulation in the county where the improvement provided in such sections is to be made, and such publication shall be complete when published once a week, on the same day of the week, for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code.

...of the Revised Code, to be adopted by a county, or to carry out a contract, shall be adopted by a majority of all members elected or appointed to the board of county commissioners.

... of the Revised Code do not authorize a county in the passage of any resolution, approval of any plans or specifications, execution of any contract, or the acceptance of any dedication on account of the construction, use, or maintenance of any joint bridge, to acquire any other right, title, or interest in or to the lands or rights of any railroad or union depot company other than those which are expressly granted in...

...01.49 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall construct and keep in repair necessary bridges over streams and public canals on or connecting state, county, and improved roads. The board may submit to the electors the question of issuing county bonds for the construction of bridges on proposed state or county roads or connecting state or county roads, one or more of which may be proposed, but suc...

...91.21 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall construct and keep in repair, approaches or ways to all bridges named in such section. When the cost of the construction or repair of the approaches or ways to any such bridge does not exceed fifty dollars, such construction or repair shall be performed by the board of township trustees.

...The board of county commissioners shall construct, without unnecessary delay, good and sufficient approaches or ways to bridges erected by it. The board shall contract for such construction in the same manner as for contracting for the construction of such bridges.

...ich such bridge is needed, the board of county commissioners of such interested counties may build or authorize the building of such bridge jointly, to be paid for, with the approaches thereto, in such proportion as the boards agree upon. The expense of keeping such bridge in repair shall be paid by the counties interested, in the same proportion as the expense of building such bridge was paid.

...If a bridge, any state or county road, or any public building, the property of or under the control or supervision of a county, is injured or destroyed, or when any state or county road or public highway has been injured or impaired by placing or continuing therein, without authority, any obstruction, or by the changing of the line, filling up or digging out of the bed thereof, or in any manner rendering it less conv...

... injured by flood or fire, the board of county commissioners may select a new site therefor. Before the change is made, or a contract for that purpose is entered into, the board shall give at least twenty days' notice of the time when the question of change will be considered, and at such hearing, all persons interested may present their views and wishes to the board, either by petition, remonstrance, or orally.

...No person possessed of the right to a water privilege shall be required to erect or keep in repair a bridge over a millrace or watercourse, excavated or constructed by him across a public road or highway for hydraulic purposes.

...The board of county commissioners may contract for and purchase stone, gravel, earth, dirt, or other material necessary for the construction or keeping in repair of approaches or ways to bridges as required by section 5591.24 of the Revised Code. The cost of constructing such approaches and procuring such material shall be paid from the bridge fund of the county on the order of the board.

...The board of county commissioners may provide for the proper lighting of bridges over streams, highway intersections, highway or railroad grade separations or interchange areas erected by it. The cost of such lighting shall be paid from the bridge fund of the county, or from any funds available for highway construction or maintenance and repair, on the order of the board. This section does not apply where the board h...

...The board of county commissioners shall erect and maintain on county roads, where not already done, one or more guardrails on each end of a county bridge, viaduct, or culvert more than five feet high. The board also shall protect, by guardrails, all embankments with a rise of more than eight feet in height and with a downward slope of greater than seventy degrees, where the embankments have an immediate connectio...

...36 of the Revised Code shall render the county liable for all accidents or damages resulting from that failure.