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...The mayor of a municipal corporation shall, immediately upon the passage of a resolution under section 719.04 of the Revised Code, declaring an intent to appropriate property, for which but one reading is necessary, cause written notice to be given to the owner of, person in possession of, or person having an interest of record in, every piece of property sought to be appropriated, or to the authorized agent of...

...on may execute his bond, payable to the municipal corporation to the acceptance of its legislative authority, conditioned for the payment of all damage which may be assessed by a jury. Such bond shall be good in law, and if such person pays or deposits according to the order of court, then such street or other highway shall be opened; or, the municipal corporation may make such payment or deposit, and collect the am...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, when not otherwise prescribed by the charter of such municipal corporation, provide by ordinance for the manner and by what executive officials the ordinances and laws governing the administration of the territory described in section 721.04 of the Revised Code shall be administered and for the management of such territory and improvements placed thereon.

...ll be passed authorizing the mayor of a municipal corporation to deed or lease land as provided by section 721.12 of the Revised Code. In the ordinance the legislative authority of such municipal corporation shall fix by metes and bounds the amount of land to be sold, leased, or exchanged, the quantity of interest to be sold, leased, or exchanged, and the consideration to be paid or exchanged therefor by the railroad...

...es not necessary for the improvement of municipal property, and other personal property, under the charge of the street cleaning department of a municipal corporation, and no longer necessary for the purposes of such department, shall be sold in the manner provided in section 721.15 of the Revised Code, by the board or officer having the supervision or management of such department.

...ot of land lying within the limits of a municipal corporation has been dedicated, given, or granted thereto, and set apart for the use and support of schools, the court of common pleas, on the application of the mayor or legislative authority thereof, may authorize an exchange of such lot for such other lot within the limits of the municipal corporation as the interest of the schools therein require. All lots so take...

...A municipal corporation may, by ordinance, sell or lease any real property, suitable for school farms, upon which it has acquired, established, erected, or maintained or may acquire, establish, erect, or maintain correctional institutions, houses of refuge, or like institutions, together with any personal property suitable for school farms, to any board of education upon such lawful terms as are agreed to between the...

...A property owner in a municipal corporation may install a wooden flagpole in a sidewalk or sodded area, for displaying the American flag only, between the sidewalk and curb along the right-of-way of any public street or highway adjacent to his property. A property owner may also install underground lighting for the display of the flag. Installation of the flagpole and holder shall meet the following specifications: ...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may open, straighten, alter, divert, narrow, or widen any street, alley, or public highway within the limits of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority shall provide for such improvement by ordinance, which shall briefly and in general terms describe the part of the street, alley, or public highway to be abandoned by reason of such change, and the prop...

... use by the proprietor of ground in any municipal corporation, shall not be a public street or alley, or under the care or control of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, unless the dedication is accepted and confirmed by an ordinance specially passed for such purpose.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, on petition by a person owning a lot in the municipal corporation praying that a street or alley in the immediate vicinity of such lot be vacated or narrowed, or the name thereof changed, upon hearing, and upon being satisfied that there is good cause for such change of name, vacation, or narrowing, that it will not be detrimental to the general interest, an...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, when there are two or more streets, avenues, or alleys of the same name in the municipal corporation, by ordinance and without petition therefor, change the name of any such street, avenue, or alley so as to leave only one to be designated by the original name. When, in the opinion of the legislative authority, there is good cause for vacating or narro...

...ewspaper of general circulation in such municipal corporation, for six consecutive weeks preceding action on such petition, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code preceding action on the petition. Where no newspaper is of general circulation in the municipal corporation, notice shall be given by posting the notice in three public places therein six weeks preceding such action. Action thereon shall t...

...h court by any person owning a lot in a municipal corporation, for the establishment or vacation of a street or alley in the immediate vicinity of such lot, upon hearing, and upon being satisfied that it will conduce to the general interests of such municipal corporation, declare such street or alley established or vacated, but this method shall be in addition to those prescribed in sections 723.04 to 723.08, inclusi...

...The ordinance of a municipal corporation under section 723.17 of the Revised Code, to provide for sprinkling, shall not become operative unless it has received the affirmative votes of two thirds of the members elected to the legislative authority of such municipal corporation.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by resolution, require any interurban or street railway company to sprinkle with water its right of way on any street, alley, or public highway, or any portion thereof lying within the limits of the municipal corporation.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, when it deems it necessary to have a bridge or railways, or any part thereof, located in whole or in part in the municipal corporation, and owned, possessed, or operated by an individual, company, association, or corporation, lighted, shall pass an ordinance for that purpose requiring such individual, company, association, or corporation to light such bridge or ra...

...ht agent of the railway company in such municipal corporation, and, if there is no such ticket or freight agent, upon any ticket or freight agent of the company in the county in which the municipal corporation is located, shall be sufficient, and shall charge the person, company, corporation, or partnership owning or operating such railway with notice of the passage of the ordinance and the requirements thereof.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may direct the manner in which the expense of lighting a bridge or railway shall be assessed and collected. When so assessed, the amount shall be a debt due against and payable by the person, company, or corporation owning, possessing, or operating such bridge or railway, and shall be a lien, to be enforced as any other lien, on such bridge and the land on which it...

...taken by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, and no ordinance for the purpose specified in such section shall be passed, until public notice of the application therefor has been given by the clerk of such legislative authority, once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in one or more of the daily papers published in such municipal corporation, if there be such, and if not, then in one or more...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may require any part of the track between the rails of any street railway constructed within the municipal corporation limits to be paved with stone, gravel, boulders, or wooden or asphaltic pavement, but beyond such limits paving between the rails with stone, boulders, or wooden or asphaltic pavement shall not be required.

...ption by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation of a resolution declaring it necessary to improve, pave, repave, surface, or resurface a street or other public thoroughfare, in which are located rails, ties, roadbed, or tracks owned or operated by a street railway company which have become worn out or defective, such legislative authority may by resolution declare the necessity of requiring such company...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may grant permission, by ordinance, to any corporation, individual, or company, owning or having the right to construct a street railway, to extend the track, subject to the laws relating to the construction, operation and extension of street railways, within or without, or partly within or without any municipal corporation, on any street where the legislative auth...

...Any municipal corporation, when it is necessary in the construction and protection of wells, pumps, cisterns, aqueducts, water pipes, dams, reservoirs, reservoir sites, sewers, drains, sewage disposal or water purification plants, and water works, for supplying water to itself and its inhabitants or disposing of sewage, may relocate, straighten, change, or cross a road or stream, but shall, without unnecessary delay,...

... section 117.16 of the Revised Code. In municipal corporations having an engineer, or an officer having a different title but the duties and functions of an engineer, the estimate shall be made by the engineer or other officer. Where the total estimated cost of any such work is seventy thousand dollars or less, the proper officers may proceed by force account. Where the total estimated cost of any such work exceeds...