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...The proper authorities in the adjoining state, joining with the counties in this state in an interstate county ditch project, may enter upon lands in this state, along any portion of said located ditch or its tributaries, to perform work which is assigned them to do by the joint board of county commissioners when in session.

...The further proceedings of the joint board of county commissioners shall be in conformity with the laws for the location of county or joint county ditches taken at this stage of the proceedings. The boards of county commissioners, at their hearing on the apportionment made, may assess any other owners and lands not mentioned in the first report of the engineers, which they deem to be benefited thereby. The owners sha...

...The board of county commissioners of any county in this state, in which are located owners and lands affected and charged for the improvement or construction of a ditch, drain, or watercourse, as provided by law, may cause to be performed any work which is assigned to them outside of the limits of this state in a like manner as under the laws for similar duties, if the necessary privilege to do so has been granted by...

...The fees of all officials and assistants in the improvement and construction of ditches, as provided in sections 6135.01 to 6135.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be as for like services in county ditch work.

...curred, shall be paid out of the county fund.

...When the board of county commissioners finds on file with the clerk of the board of county commissioners a petition praying for the location or improvement of a ditch, drain, or watercourse in such county, the waters from which flow into or through an adjoining county in another state, and it is of the opinion that the outlet for such proposed improvement is insufficient, it may enter into an agreement with the prope...

...When the board of county commissioners of the upper county deems it expedient to do so, it may issue bonds of the county to raise the money necessary to pay the costs, including the amount agreed to be paid to the lower county, as provided by section 6135.26 of the Revised Code, in the manner provided by law in the case of a single county ditch.

...When the proper officials of a county in another state, adjoining a county in this state, desire to have the outlet for water flowing in a ditch, drain, or watercourse from such upper adjoining county into or through a lower county in this state enlarged or improved, the board of county commissioners of such lower county may enter into an agreement with the proper officials of such upper adjoining county for the impr...

...When the board of county commissioners enters into an agreement with the proper officials of an adjoining county in another state, under sections 6135.23 to 6135.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, it shall make an entry upon its journal setting forth fully and particularly the terms of such agreement, as to the extent and nature of the outlet to be constructed or improved, the time within which it is to be completed...

...In all matters pertaining to the location and construction of an improvement, not expressly provided for in sections 6135.23 to 6135.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall be governed by laws providing for the location and construction of county ditches.

...The board of county commissioners in each county may create by resolution a board to be known as the county board of reclamation to decide, upon application, which lands, public and private, shall be reclaimed by the use of the county dredging equipment authorized in section 6156.02 of the Revised Code. The board shall consist of the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. The chairman of the board of ...

...The board of county commissioners of each county of the state may purchase, rent, or lease such dredging equipment as it deems necessary to be used in land reclamation projects as directed by the board of reclamation authorized in section 6156.01 of the Revised Code. If the board of county commissioners determines that such equipment is necessary, it shall, in the event of purchase, advertise its needs for at least t...

...The dredging equipment purchased under section 6156.02 of the Revised Code may be used for any appropriate purpose, including those enumerated in Chapters 6141., 6151., 6153., and 6155. of the Revised Code, notwithstanding any provisions of the Revised Code. Such work shall be done as prescribed by the county board of reclamation.

...Any landowner or political subdivision within a county, after the creation of a board of reclamation by the board of county commissioners, may file an application with the county engineer asking that the county dredging equipment be used to reclaim his land. This application shall be submitted to the board of reclamation within twenty days after the date of filing. The board shall conduct an investigation of the appl...

...at any time within the ten-year period. Funds collected from an applicant shall be placed in the county general revenue fund. Funds collected for depreciation shall be placed in a special account in the county general revenue fund to be used for the purchase of new or replacement of dredging equipment.