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...construction or repair of viaducts of a municipal corporation, or for the purchase or condemnation of land for such purpose, shall be paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation and paid out and expended upon the vouchers of the board or officer having charge of the repair of public roads or streets. Contracts for such improvements shall be made in the same manner as other contracts are required to be made. V...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, upon the petition of thirty-five per cent of the electors in such municipal corporation, certified by the mayor thereof to the legislative authority, may, by ordinance, provided for sprinkling with water any part of the streets, avenues, squares, and public places within the municipal corporation in the manner provided by sections 723.18 to 723.20, inclusive, of t...

...Code, by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation for the reimproving of any street within the municipal corporation by paving, for the original paving of which a special assessment has previously been levied by ordinance of the municipal corporation within the last twenty years, such assessments for repaving shall not exceed fifty per cent of the cost of such repaving.

...The municipal corporation shall pay such part of the total cost of improvements for which special assessments are levied under sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as the legislative authority thereof deems just, which part shall not be less than one-fiftieth of the total cost of the improvement, and in addition thereto, the municipal corporation shall pay the cost of intersections, except as pr...

...y, sidewalk, wharf, or landing within a municipal corporation is graded, or pavements are constructed in conformity to grades established by the authorities of the municipal corporation, and the expense of such work is assessed on the lots or lands benefited thereby, such lots or lands shall not be subject to any special assessment occasioned by any subsequent change of grade in such pavement, sidewalk, street, alley...

...de and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation determines in the ordinance adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code that the damages shall be assessed before commencing such improvement, the municipal corporation shall, within ten days after the passage of the ordinance to proceed with the improvement under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, make a written application for a jury to the court o...

...de and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation determines, in the ordinance adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, that the damages shall be assessed after the completion of the improvement, the municipal corporation shall, within ten days after the completion of such improvement, make written application to the court of common pleas, or a judge thereof in vacation, or to the probate court o...

...ply to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation for a deferment of payment of the assessment on grounds that timely payment will impose financial hardship upon him. The legislative authority shall examine the applicant's financial condition only to the extent necessary to determine whether or not timely payment of the assessment will cause such hardship. If the legislative authority determines that time...

...ecovered by suit before a county court, municipal court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the municipal corporation, to enforce the lien against the lots and lands charged with such assessment. Proceedings for the recovery of the assessment may be instituted by the municipal corporation to enforce the lien, against all the lots or lands, or any of them embraced in any one assessment, but the ...

...In addition to the power conferred upon municipal corporations under section 727.01 of the Revised Code to construct sidewalks, curbs, or gutters and levy an assessment therefor, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may require the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters within the municipal corporation by the owners of lots or lands abutting thereon, and upon the failure of such owners...

...shall be constructed or repaired by the municipal corporation in accordance with the resolution adopted under section 729.02 of the Revised Code, and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall, upon the completion of such construction or repair, assess the cost thereof against the lots or lands abutting thereon. In anticipation of the collection of the cost of the construction or repair of such sid...

...The legislative authority of each municipal corporation shall provide for assessing such portion of the cost and expenses of constructing any main sewer or drain under section 729.42 of the Revised Code as it determines to be a proper charge upon the lots and lands within the respective municipal corporations benefited thereby. Any excess over such assessment shall be paid from the sewer funds of the municipal corpor...

...erk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, and reported to the legislative authority of each such municipal corporation. Any contract made for the construction of such sewer shall be in the names of the municipal corporations jointly, but each shall be liable only for such portion of the cost as is specified in the ordinances providing therefor.

...vised Code shall be the property of the municipal corporations jointly, and they may take all necessary steps to keep them in proper repair and condition and to protect them from damage and improper use. Such municipal corporations may, by ordinance jointly passed, prescribe the terms, including the price to be paid therefor, upon which other municipal corporations, public institutions, or individuals may connect wit...

...Whenever the legislative authority of a municipal corporation is required to pass more than one ordinance or other measure to complete the legislation necessary to make and pay for any public improvement, sections 731.28 to 731.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall apply only to the first ordinance or other measure required to be passed and not to any subsequent ordinances and other measures relating thereto. Ordi...

...such petition must be an elector of the municipal corporation in which the election, upon the ordinance or measure proposed by such initiative petition, or the ordinance or measure referred to by such referendum petition, is to be held. Petitions shall be governed in all other respects by the rules set forth in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. In determining the validity of any such petition, all signatures which...

...copies of the bylaws or ordinances of a municipal corporation, published under its authority, and transcripts of any bylaws, resolutions, or ordinances, or of any act or proceeding of a municipal corporation, recorded in any book or entered on any minutes or journal kept under the direction of such municipal corporation, and certified by its clerk, shall be received in evidence throughout the state for any purpose fo...

...(A) The treasurer of a municipal corporation shall receive and disburse all funds of the municipal corporation and such other funds as arise in or belong to any department or part of the municipal corporation, except as provided in division (B) of this section. (B) The treasurer of a village that does not have a charter form of government shall not disburse any funds except upon an order signed by at least one membe...

... of law shall apply, in the name of the municipal corporation, to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order of injunction to restrain the misapplication of funds of the municipal corporation, the abuse of its corporate powers, or the execution or performance of any contract made in behalf of the municipal corporation in contravention of the laws or ordinance governing it, or which was procured by fraud or corrup...

...or, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation. Subject to section 2921.421 of the Revised Code, a chief legal officer of a municipal corporation may appoint, as an assistant legal officer, prosecutor, clerk, stenographer, or other employee, a person who is an associate or partner of, or who is employed by, the chief legal officer, assistant legal officer, or prosecutor in the private practice of law...

...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...

...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...

...When municipal corporations adjoin each other, the legislative authorities thereof may agree, in any manner they determine, upon the appointment of a joint commission for the purposes of sections 735.17 to 735.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such commission, when appointed, shall have all the power over the territory of the municipal corporations described in the resolutions of the legislative authorities thereof...

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, in order to obtain police protection or to obtain additional police protection, or to allow its police officers to work in multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task forces, may enter into contracts with one or more municipal corporations, townships, township police districts, joint police districts, or county sheriffs in this state, with one ...

...The police force of a municipal corporation shall preserve the peace, protect persons and property, and obey and enforce all ordinances of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, all criminal laws of the state and the United States, all court orders issued and consent agreements approved pursuant to sections 2919.26 and 3113.31 of the Revised Code, all protection orders issued pursuant to section 2903...