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...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may invest any officer of the fire or police department with the power, and impose on him the duty, to be present at all fires, investigate the cause thereof, examine witnesses, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, and to do and perform all other acts necessary to the effective discharge of such duties. Such officer may admin...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may regulate the erection of houses and business structures and prohibit the erection of buildings within such limits as it deems proper, unless the outer walls are constructed of noncombustible material, and, on the petition of the owners of not less than two thirds of the ground included in any square or half-square, may prohibit the erection thereon of any build...

...Stolen or other property recovered by members of the police force of a municipal corporation shall be deposited and kept in a place designated by the mayor. Each such article shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, with the name of the owner, if ascertained, the person from whom taken, the place where found with general circumstances, the date of its receipt, and the name of the officer receiving it. An in...

...If, within thirty days, the money or property recovered under section 737.29 of the Revised Code is claimed by any other person, it shall be retained by the custodian thereof until after the discharge or conviction of the person from whom it was taken and so long as it is required as evidence in any case in court. If such claimant establishes to the satisfaction of the court that he is the rightful owner, the money o...

...n and shall be credited to the general fund of the municipal corporation. If authorized to do so by an ordinance adopted by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and if the property involved is not required to be disposed of pursuant to another section of the Revised Code, the chief of police or marshal may contribute property that is unclaimed for ninety days or more to one or more public a...

...Upon the sale of any unclaimed or impounded property as provided in section 737.32 of the Revised Code, if any such unclaimed or impounded property was ordered removed to a place of storage or stored, or both, by or under the direction of a chief of police of municipal corporation or marshal of the village, any expenses or charges for such removal or storage, or both, and costs of sale, provided the same are approved...

...may make such regulations pertaining to public buildings as it considers necessary for the public safety.

...am to be controlled by the director of public safety of the municipal corporation and conducted by the police department of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority may establish a fee for participation in the program in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of administering the program and the cost of the decals. (B) Any resident of the municipal corporation may enroll a motor vehicle that he ow...

...treasury a municipal probation services fund. The fund shall contain all moneys paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation under section 2951.021 of the Revised Code for deposit into the fund. The treasurer of the municipal corporation shall disburse the money contained in the fund at the request of the municipal court department of probation, for use only by that department for specialized staff, purchase of...

... and maintain a sanitary police pension fund. Thereupon a board of trustees, who shall be known as "trustees of the sanitary police pension fund," shall be created, consisting of the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation and five members of the sanitary police force; provided, that upon petition of a majority of the members of the sanitary police force, such b...

...ion to create a sanitary police pension fund, an election shall be held to choose five trustees from the sanitary police force. Such board or officer shall give notice thereof by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of such force. Between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of the day designated, each person in the sanitary police force who, by its rules, is designated a member thereof, shall send by...

...trustees of the sanitary police pension fund, and the secretary or corresponding officer of the health department shall be secretary of the fund. In case there is no such officer, the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall appoint the secretary. The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the board of trustees, and such board may fix his compensation therefor, to be paid from...

...n maintaining a sanitary police pension fund, the legislative authority thereof each year, in the manner provided for other municipal levies and in addition to all other levies authorized by law, may levy a tax, not to exceed one-thirtieth of a mill on each dollar, upon all the real and personal property listed for taxation in such municipal corporation. In the matter of such levy, the board of trustees of the fund s...

...credited to the sanitary police pension fund.

...trustees of the sanitary police pension fund may take by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, moneys or personal property, upon such terms as to the investment or expenditure thereof as are fixed by the grantor or determined by the board.

...trustees of the sanitary police pension fund may receive such uniform amounts from each person designated by the rules of the sanitary police force as a member thereof as he voluntarily agrees to pay to the fund. The amount shall be deducted from his monthly pay and used as a fund to increase the pension which may be granted to such person or his beneficiaries.

...ustodian of the sanitary police pension fund and shall pay it out upon the proper order of the board of trustees thereof. The treasurer shall execute a bond in such sum and form as is satisfactory to the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties with respect to the fund.

...f trustees of a sanitary police pension fund may invest moneys received by it, other than those raised by taxation, in interest-bearing bonds of the United States or of this state, or of any county, township, school district, or municipal corporation in the state.

...trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make all rules for the distribution of the fund, including the qualifications of those to whom any portion of the fund shall be paid and the amount thereof, but no rules shall be in force until approved by the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation.

...trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make a report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation of the condition of such fund on the first day of January of each year.

...orporations having outstanding bonds or funded debts shall, through their legislative authorities, and in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, levy and collect annually a tax upon all the real and personal property in the municipal corporation sufficient to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund for the extinguishment of all bonds issued and funded debts incurred prior to August 17, 1921, and the taxes...

...ignated as the "trustees of the sinking fund," which shall have the management and control of the sinking fund established under section 739.01 of the Revised Code. In cities, such board shall consist of four citizens of such city, who shall be electors thereof, well known for their intelligence and integrity, to be appointed by the mayor for one, two, three, and four years respectively, and their successors shall b...

...ules, its meetings shall be open to the public, and all questions relating to the purchase or sale of securities, payment of bonds, interest, or judgments, or involving the payment or appropriation of money, shall be decided by a yea and nay vote with the name of each member voting recorded on the journal. No question shall be decided unless approved by a majority of the whole board.

...of the board of trustees of the sinking fund, report to it a full and detailed statement of the outstanding indebtedness of the municipal corporation for bonds issued, and the board shall take charge of and keep a complete record, and report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, at least once a year, a full detailed statement of such indebtedness, with the statement of the board's investments and...

...of the board of trustees of the sinking fund, report to the board the balances belonging to such municipal corporation, to the credit of the sinking fund, interest accounts, or for any bonds issued for or by the municipal corporation, and all officers or persons having such balances shall immediately pay them over to the board, which shall deposit them in such place as a majority of such board selects.