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...A stockholder of any railroad company, part or all of whose railroad is proposed to be leased or purchased or which it is proposed to aid by subscription, who refuses his assent to such sale, lease, or aid by subscription, and signifies it by notice in writing to the purchaser or lessee, or company subscribing such aid, within sixty days thereafter, on demand, shall be entitled to receive from such purchaser or lesse...

...If a stockholder refuses to submit the question of the value of the stock to arbitration, as provided by section 4961.33 of the Revised Code, upon the application of a director of either of the companies parties to the contract, the proper judge shall appoint the arbitrators, who shall proceed to ascertain the value of the stock as if the question has been submitted by consent of both parties. If the party owning the...

...In all cases of arbitration under sections 4961.33 and 4961.34 of the Revised Code, the party desiring such arbitration shall give the opposite party at least ten days' notice of his intention to apply to the judge for the appointment of arbitrators, which notice shall be served in the manner provided for the service of the summons, and must specify the time and place of the hearing of the application. In cases of no...

...No railroad company shall lease its road or any part thereof to another company, whether of this or any other state, unless the lessor receives full and adequate security for the payment of the rental and for the preservation of its property in as good condition as on entering into possession of such property. If the lessee fails to pay such rental promptly when due, such lease shall be void at the option of the less...

...Notwithstanding the lease as provided in section 4961.36 of the Revised Code the corporation of this state lessor therein, shall remain liable as if it operated the railroad itself, and both the lessor and lessee shall be jointly liable upon all rights of action accruing to any person for negligence or default growing out of the operation and maintenance of such railroad, or in any wise connected with it, and may be ...

...A railroad company which has been in existence three years, and has not begun to build the railroad described in its articles of incorporation, or whose railroad, if commenced, has been abandoned for three years, may be dissolved by a vote of two thirds of its stockholders at a meeting called for that purpose by its president, notice of which shall be published in each county through or into which the line of the pro...

...When the grant of a right of way or easement is not in the form of a lawfully executed deed or lease, the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, upon the request of the company owning the right of way or easement, shall record such grant in the official records and index it. Such record, or a copy thereof certified by the county recorder, shall be received in evidence in all courts and places...

...Each railroad company owning and occupying a right of way or easement in lands, either by agreement with the owners or by virtue of an appropriation proceeding, shall present to the county auditor of the county in which the land is situated a statement of the quantity embraced within the right of way or easement. Such quantity shall be deducted by the auditor from the land on the tax duplicate so that the owners shal...

...Any company using or occupying any land as a right of way, without paper title or contract of record therefor, shall present a correct survey and plat of such land, exhibiting the quantity in such right of way taken from the lands of an owner abutting on it, as it then stands on the tax duplicate of such county, to the county auditor of the county in which the land is situated. The auditor shall charge such land, so ...

...The capacity of a settlor required to create, amend, revoke, or add property to a revocable trust, or to direct the actions of the trustee of a revocable trust, is the same as that required to make a will.

...directs. (E) An agent under a power of attorney may exercise a settlor's powers with respect to revocation, amendment, or distribution of trust property only to the extent expressly authorized by both the terms of the trust and the power. (F) A guardian of the estate of the settlor or, if no guardian of the estate has been appointed, a guardian of the person of the settlor may exercise a settlor's powers with ...

...cumstances. (B) During the period the power may be exercised, the holder of a power of withdrawal has the rights of a settlor of a revocable trust under this section to the extent of the property subject to the power.

...(A) Subject to division (E) of this section, any of the following actions pertaining to a revocable trust that is made irrevocable by the death of the settlor of the trust shall be commenced by the earlier of the date that is two years after the date of the death of the settlor of the trust or that is six months from the date on which the trustee sends the person bringing the action a copy of the trust instrument and...

...Each municipal corporation is a body politic and corporate, which shall have perpetual succession, may use a common seal, sue and be sued, and acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, appropriation, lease, or lease with the privilege of purchase, for any authorized municipal purpose, and may hold, manage, and control such property and make any rules and regulations, by ordinance or resolution, required to fully ca...

...with the secretary of state a power of attorney designating the secretary of state as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of summons in any action brought under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, and until the agreement is submitted to the village solicitor or city director of law of the municipal corporation and the solicitor's or director's approval is certified thereon. Within thirty days after t...

...In addition to any other authority granted to a municipal corporation under the Revised Code or the Ohio Constitution, each municipal corporation may agree to indemnify and hold the state harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, or causes of action, together with any and all losses, costs, or related expenses asserted by any person or persons for injury, death, or loss to person or pro...

...(A) Except as otherwise expressly authorized by the Revised Code, no municipal corporation shall levy a tax that is the same as or similar to a tax levied under Chapter 322., 3734., 3769., 4123., 4141., 4301., 4303., 4305., 4307., 4309., 5707., 5725., 5726., 5727., 5728., 5729., 5731., 5735., 5736., 5737., 5739., 5741., 5743., 5747., 5749., or 5751. of the Revised Code. (B) No municipal corporation may impose any t...

...ode. Nothing in this section limits the power of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation to levy a tax on the basis of admissions in a tourism development district pursuant to its powers of local self-government conferred by Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (E) On or before the first day of each January and July, beginning after the designation of a tourism development district, the fisca...

... (C) Nothing in this section limits the power of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation to levy taxes pursuant to its powers of local self-government conferred by Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution.

...vision or for the joint exercise of any power conferred on municipal corporations or other political subdivisions by the constitution or laws of this state, in which each of the municipal corporations or other political subdivisions is interested. Any such agreement shall be approved by ordinance or resolution, as applicable, passed by the legislative body of each municipal corporation or other political subdivision...

...municipal corporations have the general powers mentioned in sections 715.01 to 715.67, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporations may provide by ordinance or resolution for the exercise and enforcement of such powers.

...All municipal corporations may compound or release, in whole or in part, any debt, obligation, judgment, or claim, due the municipal corporation from a bank in process of liquidation or operating under a conservatorship. Where a member of the legislative authority is personally interested as a stockholder in such bank, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation shall enter upon its records a statement of...

...All municipal corporations may organize and maintain police and fire departments, erect the necessary buildings, and purchase and hold all implements and apparatus required therefor.

...intain, and operate municipal lighting, power, and heating plants; (B) Furnish the municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof with light, power, and heat; (C) Procure everything necessary for such operations; (D) Acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, the necessary lands for such purposes, within and without the municipal corporation.

...tants thereof for the purpose of light, power, and heat. Any municipal corporation may contract to purchase such gas through its appropriate boards or officers for any period, not exceeding ten years, upon the legislative authority of such municipal corporation authorizing and directing the contract to be made. The board or officer may enter into such contract after being so authorized, without advertisement or compe...