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...ere shall be five commissioners on the great lakes commission from this state. One of the commissioners shall be the director of the department of natural resources, one shall be the director of environmental protection, one shall be a member of the senate who shall be appointed by the president of the senate, one shall be a member of the house of representatives who shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of...

...There is hereby granted to the great lakes commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the great lakes basin compact set forth in section 6161.01 of the Revised Code and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of this state shall do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions necessary to or incidental to th...

...When five per cent of the qualified electors of a city petition the board of elections of the county for the privilege of determining by ballot whether there shall be a board of park commissioners, such board shall submit at the next general election held within such city at least ninety days after the petition is filed, or at a special election occurring at least ninety days after the petition is filed, if the...

...If a majority of the electors voting at an election under section 755.01 of the Revised Code vote in favor of the appointment of a board of park commissioners, the mayor shall immediately appoint three electors of the city as members of such board, to be known as the "board of park commissioners." Such members shall be appointed for terms of one, two, and three years, respectively, and their successors shall be appoi...

...The board of park commissioners, after the appointment and qualification of its members, shall elect one of such members president and another vice-president, who, in the absence or disability of the president, shall perform his duties and exercise his powers. The board shall make its own rules, its meetings shall be open to the public, and all questions acted upon shall be decided by a yea and nay vote with the name...

...ommissioners shall be made by the city treasurer upon warrants drawn by the city auditor, and no warrant shall be drawn by the auditor or paid by the treasurer unless it is approved and attested by the signatures, in their own handwriting, of the president and secretary of the board.

...The board of park commissioners shall have the control and management of parks, park entrances, parkways, boulevards, connecting viaducts, subways, children's playgrounds, and public baths and stations of public comfort located in such parks, of all improvements thereon, and the acquisition, construction, repair, and maintenance thereof. The board shall exercise exclusively all the powers and perform all the duties, ...

... the money required therefor is in the treasury to the credit of the park fund and not appropriated for any other purpose. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, if the legislative authority of a municipal corporation enters into an agreement for the sale or lease of mineral rights regarding lands that the board of park commissioners manages or controls, any royalties or other moneys resulting from...

...The board of park commissioners may adopt and enforce regulations as to the proper use and protection of all property mentioned in section 755.05 of the Revised Code and the improvements thereon, and may impose penalties for the violation of such regulations.

...ive, of the Revised Code, the necessary real estate for such purposes, and in the same manner may appropriate, for parkway or boulevard purposes, any street, avenue, or public way of such city.

...rrying into effect the purposes of its creation, and the board shall fix the compensation and term of service of such employees.

... parks, shall be deposited in the city treasury and transferred by warrants on the city auditor to the credit of the board of park commissioners in a fund designated as "the park fund." All expenditures incurred by such board shall be by warrant of the city auditor drawn in pursuance of the regularly authorized attested voucher of the board.

...The board of park commissioners, in the letting of contracts, shall be governed by sections 735.05 to 735.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...lic baths, swimming pools, or indoor recreation centers, any lands or buildings owned by any such municipal corporation, township, or county and not dedicated or devoted to other public use. Such municipal corporation, township, or county may, in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of land or buildings for public purposes in such municipal corporations, township, or county, acquire lands or buildings there...

...lic baths, swimming pools, or indoor recreation centers, may be vested in any existing body or board, or in a recreation board, as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the board of township trustees, or the board of county commissioners determines. The local authorities of any such municipal corporation, township, or county may equip, develop, operate, and maintain such facilities as authorized by ...

...s, public baths, swimming pools, or recreation centers shall be exercised by a recreation board, it may establish such a board, which shall possess all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities of the respective local authorities under sections 755.12 to 755.18 of the Revised Code. The board shall consist of five persons, two of whom shall be members of the board of education of the city or village...

...If a park or recreational facility owned, operated, or maintained by a joint recreation district created under division (C) of section 755.14 of the Revised Code is the site where an exhibition sanctioned by the United States Christopher Columbus quincentenary jubilee commission is being or has been held and the exhibition is or was sponsored by the organization that is also sponsoring or has sponsored an exhibition ...

...ss within its jurisdiction. A joint recreation district board of trustees formed pursuant to division (C) of section 755.14 of the Revised Code shall appoint one of its members or employ another as fiscal officer of the district.

...public baths, swimming pools, indoor recreation centers, educational facilities, or community centers. Any school district, educational service center, or state institution of higher education may provide by the erection of any school, educational service center, or state institution of higher education building or premises, or by the enlargement of, addition to, or reconstruction or improvement of any school, educat...

...agreement for the joint operation of recreational facilities or community centers with the municipal corporation that embraces all or a major part of such school district, and a joint recreation district pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, in order to exercise the authority conferred by section 755.16 of the Revised Code, may issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring lands or buildings, or extending, enlargi...

...f a county that is joined in a joint recreation district under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may pledge and contribute revenue from a tax levied under division (A)(5) of section 5739.026 and section 5741.023 of the Revised Code or the portion of the revenue from a tax levied under those sections that is allocated to the purpose described in that division. Any bonds or notes to the payment of which the board pled...

...swimming pools, public baths, indoor recreation centers, and community centers, established as provided by sections 755.12 to 755.17 of the Revised Code, shall be payable from the treasury of the municipal corporation, township, township park district, county, or school district, or in the case of a joint recreational district or an educational service center, from its general fund. The local authorities of a municip...

...ol district desiring to join a joint recreation district created under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, petition the joint recreation district board of trustees for membership. If the joint recreation district does not impose a tax, the petitioning subdivision becomes a member upon approval by the joint recreation district's board of trustees. If the joint recreation district imposes a tax, the ...

...In any municipal corporation which is the owner or trustee of property for park purposes, or of funds to be used in connection therewith, by deed of gift, devise, or bequest, such property or funds shall be managed and administered in accordance with the provisions or conditions of such deed of gift, devise, or bequest.

...When a deed of gift, devise, or bequest of property or funds to a municipal corporation for park purposes requires the investment or change of investment of the principal of such property or funds, or any part thereof, to be made upon the approval of an advisory committee appointed by a court or judge, or by an advisory committee appointed by a civic organization of the municipal corporation, or by the legislative au...