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...ction 6133.02 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the lead county shall call a joint meeting of the boards of county commissioners of all affected counties to be held at a designated place in the affected area at a date not more than thirty days after the filing of the petition for the purpose of organizing the joint board. (B) The clerk of the lead county shall give notice of th...

...nto the treasury of the lead county and credited to the general drainage improvement fund of the lead county.

...(A) The county engineer of the lead county is responsible for the field work and shall make the survey, plans, and estimates for the joint drainage improvement. The county engineer of each affected county shall assist in making the reports and schedules. All reports and schedules of the lead county's county engineer shall be signed and approved by all the county engineers of the several affected counties and shall be...

...the reports and schedules of the county engineers provided for by section 6133.08 of the Revised Code and all other proceedings relative to a proposed joint county improvement shall be had the same as in single county drainage improvements. (B) Claims for compensation for land taken or for damages to land may be appealed by an affected owner, or by the prosecuting attorney, to the court of common pleas of the coun...

...ommon pleas from each of the affected counties. (1) If the panel cannot reach a decision, the panel may request the addition of a judge from a court of common pleas in the area of the state in which the joint drainage improvement is located. (2) The panel shall follow court opinions and precedent established by the appellate district in which the petition for the joint drainage improvement was filed. (3) If a ...

...nal hearing for the improvement, is unable to agree on the amount to be assessed to an affected county for improvements conducive to the public welfare, or of benefit to public highways or land owned by an affected county, the joint board shall by resolution state that the joint board is not able to agree on the assessments. (1) Upon the adoption of the resolution, the question shall be appealed to the court of co...

...treasurer of the lead county the assessment levied against it for the state's proportionate share of the cost of any improvement authorized or constructed under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, 6133.01 to 6133.15, and 6135.01 to 6135.27 of the Revised Code and all unpaid assessments for maintenance as provided by sections 6137.01 to 6137.12 of the Revised Code.

...f a ditch or drain has been regularly filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners thereof, then said board shall proceed as in single county ditches, if lands affected by said improvement lie wholly in one county, and shall proceed as in joint county ditches if two or more counties are affected, and shall order the county engineers, or disinterested engineers, of such counties, in addition to the prelim...

...port with the clerks of the boards of county commissioners of the counties affected in this state, the clerk of the county in which the petition was filed shall notify in writing the proper officials of the counties of the adjoining state of the filing of said report. A copy of the petition and bond shall be attached thereto. The notice shall state the time and place of meeting for the purpose of organizing.

...y electing one of their number as president and another as clerk. The president and clerk shall not both be selected from the board representing the same state, and a majority of each proper board must be present to constitute a quorum.

... each board of county commissioners present at the meeting referred to in section 6135.03 of the Revised Code, the members from this state shall have the casting of one half of all votes on all questions, which vote shall be represented equally by the different members present of the boards from this state.

...ds of county commissioners of the different counties of the state, or a quorum of the board of each county affected fails to meet as provided in section 6135.03 of the Revised Code, they shall adjourn until such time as they shall again receive like notice as provided by section 6135.02 of the Revised Code for their first meeting.

...ditioned as required by law have been filed, the joint board shall view the route petitioned for. If the joint board finds the improvement so prayed for is necessary and will be conducive to public health, welfare, or convenience, and that such route is the best one to accomplish the desired relief, it shall locate the ditch, or order the widening or deepening of the ditch, drain, or watercourse in substantial confor...

...The joint board of county commissioners may locate in this state that part of the main ditch, or any of its tributaries, which will lie partially in both states or which will drain lands of both states.

...rs finds it necessary, it may employ an engineer to determine the proper route on which a ditch or its branches shall be located. No engineer shall be employed by such joint board until it has determined that the improvement is necessary for the public welfare, health, or convenience. In their view of such route and in their deliberations over it, the members of the joint board of county commissioners from this stat...

...ndings, signed by himself and the president of the joint board, which shall be read before the joint board. A copy thereof shall be sent to the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county affected in Ohio, and to the proper officer of each county affected in the other state.

...members thereof from this state shall select a competent engineer to meet one to be appointed by the proper authorities of the other state joining with them in the proceedings.

...vised Code shall file a bond with the county auditor of each county in this state affected by the improvement, in the sum of one thousand dollars, with two approved sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties.

...form all duties as prescribed for the county engineer in sections 6131.14 and 6131.15 of the Revised Code.

...2 of the Revised Code. The clerk shall send a copy of the report to all of the appropriate officials of each state. He shall proceed in a like manner to fix a time and place for the meeting of the joint board, after which he shall notify it of the receipt of the report and the time and place of the meeting.

.... They may call to their assistance the engineers who surveyed and planned the proposed improvement.

...ers shall approve or amend the report filed by the engineers, as required by section 6135.12 of the Revised Code. The report so approved shall be a final division of the estimated costs of construction and the entire costs of location between the states. They shall send a copy of their report, certified by the president and clerk of the joint board, to the proper official of each county affected in the other state an...

...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.

...on 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 shall have due notice thereof.

...r similar duties, if the necessary privilege to do so has been granted by the legislature of the state where said lands are located through which such work is to be constructed.