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...The sealer of weights and measures of a municipal corporation shall be a competent person for the position, and shall receive a salary fixed by ordinance, to be paid by the municipal corporation, which salary shall be in lieu of all fees or charges.

...The sealer of weights and measures, before entering upon official duties, shall take the oath of office required by section 733.68 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the sealer shall give bond to the municipal corporation in such amount as is prescribed by ordinance, with security to the approval of the mayor, and conditioned for the fa...

...The sealer of weights and measures of a municipal corporation shall, at such times as may be required by regulation of the director of agriculture, submit all of his standards to the state sealer for comparison with the state standards.

...The municipal sealer may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of the weights and measures laws or regulations of the director of agriculture issued pursuant thereto.

... Revised Code, each officer of a municipal corporation, or of any department or board of a municipal corporation, whether elected or appointed as a substitute for a regular officer, shall be an elector of the municipal corporation and, before entering upon official duties, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state and an oath that the officer will faithf...

...ept as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, each officer of a municipal corporation required by law or ordinance to give bond shall do so before entering upon the duties of the office. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority thereof may at any time require each officer to give a new or addi...

...The official bonds of all officers of a municipal corporation shall be prepared by its village solicitor or city director of law. Except as otherwise provided in Title VII of the Revised Code, the bonds shall be in such sum as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation prescribes by general or special ordinance and shall be subject to the approval of the mayor. The mayor's bond shall be approved by the le...

... that the person elected or appointed shall faithfully perform the duties of the office shall be sufficient. The fact that the instrument is without a seal, that blanks, for example the date or amount, have been filled subsequent to its execution but before its acceptance, without the consent of the sureties, that all the obligees named in the instrument have not signed it, that new duties have been imposed on the of...

...e judge of the county in which a municipal corporation or the larger part thereof is situated, by any elector of the municipal corporation, signed and approved by four other electors thereof, the judge shall forthwith issue a citation to any person charged in the complaint for his appearance before the judge within ten days from the filing thereof, and shall also furnish the accused and the village solicitor or city ...

...age solicitor or city director of law shall appear on behalf of the complainant to conduct the prosecution, and the accused may also appear by counsel. A time shall be set for hearing the case, which shall be not more than ten days after such return. If a jury is demanded by either party, the probate judge shall direct the summoning of twelve jurors in the manner provided by Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code. I...

...On the day fixed for trial under section 733.73 of the Revised Code, if a jury is impaneled, either party, in addition to the peremptory challenges allowed by law in other cases, may object for good cause to any juror summoned, and vacancies occurring for any cause may be filled by the probate judge from the bystanders until the panel is full, unless the party charged, or the party's counsel, demands that addit...

...n 733.73 of the Revised Code for the trial, the trial shall take place, unless continued on affidavit for good cause to another time not exceeding ten days. On the trial, the village solicitor or city director of law shall appear for the prosecution, examine witnesses designated by the complainant, and such others as he discovers, and either party may have process from the probate judge to compel the attendance of wi...

...If, on trial, the charges in the complaint mentioned in section 733.72 of the Revised Code are sustained by the verdict of the jury, or by the decision of the probate judge when there is no jury, such judge shall enter the charges and findings thereon upon the record of the court, make an order removing such officer from office, and forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the presiding officer of the legislati...

...The cost and expenses of the trial shall be charged against the party filing the complaint under section 733.72 of the Revised Code, the accused, or the municipal corporation, or apportioned among them, as the probate judge directs, and shall be collected as in other cases. No costs or expenses shall be charged to the accused if he is acquitted upon trial. If an appeal on questions of law is instituted by the officer...

...(A) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means a village fiscal officer, a village clerk-treasurer, a village clerk, a city auditor, a city treasurer or, in the case of a municipal corporation having a charter that designates an officer who, by virtue of the charter, has duties and functions similar to those of the city or village officers referred to in this section, the officer so designated by the charter. (...

...Any elected or appointed municipal officer, deputy, assistant, or an employee of any municipal corporation may attend, at the expense of the municipal corporation, any conference or convention relating to municipal affairs, if authorized by the mayor, the chairman of the commission, or the city manager of such municipal corporation, and, if the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation certifies that funds are appr...

...In each municipal corporation having a fire engineer, engineer, or superintendent of markets, each such officer shall perform the duties prescribed by Title VII of the Revised Code and such other duties, not incompatible with the nature of his office, as the legislative authority by ordinance requires, and shall receive for his services such compensation by fees or salary, or both, as is provided by ordinance.

...(A) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means the city auditor, city treasurer, village fiscal officer, village clerk-treasurer, village clerk, and, in the case of a municipal corporation having a charter that designates an officer who, by virtue of the charter, has duties and functions similar to those of the city or village officers referred to in this section, the officer so designated by the charter. (B)...

...The treasurer of a municipal corporation or city auditor, or other officer of a municipal corporation having the duties of a municipal treasurer or of a city auditor, shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the officer has performed all official duties required of the officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the officer's negligence or other wron...

...(A) As used in this section, "municipal corporation" means any municipal corporation, including a municipal corporation organized under Chapter 705. of the Revised Code, that is not operating under a charter adopted or amended pursuant to Section 7 or 9 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide, by ordinance or resolution, for the method of appointing a...

...In each city there shall be a department of public service which shall be administered by a director of public service. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and need not be a resident of the city at the time of his appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six months after his appointment unless such residence requirement is waived by ordinance. He shall make rules and regulations for the admin...

...The director of public service shall manage and supervise all public works and undertakings of the city, except as otherwise provided by law. The director shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, wharves, docks, landings, market houses, bridges, viaducts, aqueducts, sidewalks, playgrounds sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, ship channels, streams, and watercourses...

... city, by ordinance, declares it essential to the best interests of such city, the duties relating to the management and operation of municipally owned public utilities conferred upon the director of public service by sections 735.02 and 743.03 of the Revised Code shall be vested in a board composed of three members. The mayor, with the consent of the legislative authority, shall appoint one member for a term of two ...

...The director of public service may establish such subdepartment as is necessary and determine the number of superintendents, deputies, inspectors, engineers, harbor masters, clerks, laborers, and other persons necessary for the execution of the work and the performance of the duties of this subdepartment.

...ny contract, purchase supplies or material, or provide labor for any work under the supervision of the department of public service involving not more than the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code. When an expenditure within the department, other than the compensation of persons employed in the department, exceeds the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, the expenditure shall first be...