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...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...

...e Revised Code shall be served upon the municipal corporation in the manner provided by law for the service of summons and shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such street or alley is located, for four consecutive weeks, on the same day of the week. The cause may be heard and determined at any time after the expiration of ten days from the date of last publicatio...

...the property owned by them as it stands taxed on the tax list of the county, and a jury may be demanded as in other cases. The court shall, when necessary, appoint a guardian ad litem for all minors or persons of unsound mind who are interested in the premises.

...A street or alley declared vacated under section 723.09 of the Revised Code, shall not be closed or obstructed until the damages assessed under section 723.11 of the Revised Code have been fully paid to the persons entitled to them.

...When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation has determined to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing or repairing any viaduct over any street, stream, railway tracks, or other place where an overhead roadway or footway is deemed necessary as provided by law, or when such legislative authority has determined to purchase or condemn, or when a municipal corporation has purchased or condemned, land for...

...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...

...When the voters of a municipal corporation determine to issue bonds for the construction or repair of viaducts, or for the purchase or condemnation of the land necessary therefor, the authority to make the improvement is hereby conferred and the money arising from the sale of the bonds shall be expended in the same manner as provided in section 723.14 of the Revised Code.

...e name the property may be assessed for taxation on the tax duplicate, a tenant giving satisfactory guaranty that the assessment against the property signed for will be paid, or the board of education having the control of any school property.

...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...

...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.

... charge of the repair of streets in the municipal corporation may purchase the appliances and materials and employ the labor necessary to provide for sprinkling, or make contracts for all or any part thereof for periods not exceeding five years.

...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.

...e or management of such company in such municipal corporation to comply with the resolution referred to by section 723.21 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation may sprinkle or contract therefor through its proper officials in accordance with the laws relating to contracts, and the cost thereof shall be charged against such company and shall be a lien upon all the real estate and leasehold interest of the compa...

...Municipal corporations may treat the surface of streets, alleys, squares, and public roadways with calcium chloride, road oil, light coal tar products, light asphalts, or any other suitable light bituminous substances for the purpose of providing a temporary improvement in laying the dust on and preserving such surface. If it is desired by the legislative authority of a city to have such work performed by contract, s...

...epairing of streets and alleys, and the municipal corporation's portion of the cost thereof may be paid from any fund available for the cleaning and repairing of streets or alleys. When the roadways of a public park are ordered to be so treated, the cost thereof may be paid from any fund available for the care or maintenance of such parks.

...Any board of education may provide by private contract for sprinkling with water, or treatment with any of the substances mentioned in section 723.23 of the Revised Code, of the surface of any street abutting on school property, and pay for such work the same as other contingent expenses.

...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...

...ghts, poles, or fixtures located by any municipal corporation on its streets, alleys, or public grounds shall be required to be so placed as to interfere with a clear view of any fixed signal used in the operation of such railway from the points thereon where a clear view is required for safe operation. All lights, poles, or fixtures placed so as to interfere with such clear view shall, within a reasonable time, be r...

...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.

... Code, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may immediately cause the lighting to be done at the expense of such person, company, or corporation.

...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...

...ing to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, and until such legislative authority, by ordinance, has granted permission and prescribed the terms upon and the manner in which such railway shall be constructed and operated, and the streets and alleys to be used and occupied therefor. The legislative authority may renew any such grant at its expiration upon such conditions as are considered conducive t...

...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...

...No grant for the construction of a street railway under section 723.38 of the Revised Code shall be made, except to the corporation or individual that agrees to carry passengers upon such proposed railway at the lowest rates of fare, and has previously obtained the written consent of a majority of the property holders upon each street or part thereof, on the line of the proposed railway, as represented by the foot fr...

...er by special or general ordinance, the municipal corporation shall not, during the term of the grant or renewal, release the grantee from any obligation or liability imposed by the terms of such grant or renewal.