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...The jury summoned under section 727.19 or 727.20 of the Revised Code shall be sworn to inquire into and assess the actual damages in each case separately, under such rules and instructions as are given it by the court. When the jury cannot agree, it may be discharged, but the court may receive its verdict as to one or more of the claimants, and discharge it with respect to the parties concerning whose claims it cann...

...sts shall be paid by the municipal corporation.

...gislative authority of a municipal corporation which has adopted a resolution under section 727.12 of the Revised Code declaring the necessity for a public improvement shall, after the expiration of the time for filing claims for damages under section 727.18 of the Revised Code, and, in the event objections to the estimated assessment have been filed under section 727.15 of the Revised Code, and the report of the ass...

...neral circulation in the municipal corporation specifying the time and place, not sooner than forty-eight hours following such notice, when owners of property to be assessed for the improvement shall be heard on the question of whether such improvement should be made. In the event that such hearing is to be held at a special meeting, the clerk of the legislative authority shall serve notice on each member of the legi...

...slative authority of the municipal corporation shall by ordinance assess, in the manner provided in the resolution of necessity adopted under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, upon the lots and lands enumerated in the estimated assessment adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, that portion of the total cost of the improvement to be paid for by special assessments and such assessments as to each lot or pa...

...slative authority of the municipal corporation for a deferment of payment of the assessment on grounds that timely payment will impose financial hardship upon him. The legislative authority shall examine the applicant's financial condition only to the extent necessary to determine whether or not timely payment of the assessment will cause such hardship. If the legislative authority determines that timely payment will...

...slative authority of the municipal corporation shall publish notice of the passage of such ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation, stating that such assessment has been made and is on file in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority for the inspection and examination of persons interested therein.

...Special assessments are payable by the time and in the manner stipulated in the assessing ordinance passed under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, except that any such assessment in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less, or any unpaid balance of any such assessment which is twenty-five dollars or less, shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise beco...

...slative authority of the municipal corporation may provide in the assessing ordinance passed pursuant to section 727.25 of the Revised Code for interest on unpaid special assessments which shall be treated as part of the cost of the improvement for which the special assessments are made. The unpaid special assessments shall bear the rate or rates of interest determined by the legislative authority in the assessing or...

...When a special assessment is made on real estate subject to a life estate, the assessment shall be payable by the tenant for life, but upon application by the life tenant to a court of competent jurisdiction, by action against the owner of the estate in fee, such court may apportion the cost of the assessment between the life tenant and the owner in fee in proportion to the relative value of the improvement to their ...

...e, and securities of the municipal corporation are issued in anticipation of the collection thereof, the clerk of the legislative authority, on or before the second Monday in September of each year, shall certify the special assessment to the county auditor, stating the amounts and the time of payment. The auditor shall place the special assessments upon the tax list. If section 727.301 of the Revised Code applies, t...

...gislative authority of a municipal corporation, in the assessing ordinance, may provide that the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect the special assessments in place of the county treasurer and apply the amounts collected, together with any interest and penalty thereon, to payment of the securities and interest thereon, and for no other purpose. For the purpose of enforcing the collection, the treas...

...tion, in the name of the municipal corporation, to enforce the lien against the lots and lands charged with such assessment. Proceedings for the recovery of the assessment may be instituted by the municipal corporation to enforce the lien, against all the lots or lands, or any of them embraced in any one assessment, but the judgment or decree shall be rendered severally or separately for the amount assessed. Any pro...

...or of any officer of the municipal corporation, or in the plans or estimates, the assessment has not been properly made upon any lot or parcel of land sought to be charged, the court may nevertheless, on satisfactory proof that expense has been incurred which is a proper charge against such lot or parcel of land in question, render judgment for the amount properly charged against it. The court shall make such order f...

... which securities of the municipal corporation have not been issued, is unpaid, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may order the clerk of the legislative authority or any other proper officer of the municipal corporation to certify the unpaid special assessment to the county auditor for collection. The county auditor shall place the unpaid special assessment upon the tax list. If section 727.331 o...

...gislative authority of a municipal corporation, when securities are not issued in anticipation of the collection of a special assessment, may provide, in the assessing ordinance, that if a special assessment is unpaid, the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect the unpaid special assessment in place of the county treasurer. For purposes of enforcing the collection, the treasurer of the municipal corpora...

...The treasurer of a municipal corporation collecting special assessments pursuant to section 727.301 or 727.331 of the Revised Code, within five business days after the collection, shall prepare a written statement showing the amount collected and deliver the statement to the county auditor. The county auditor, after endorsing the statement with the time of filing, shall remove the amount of the special assessment co...

...nd no longer, unless the municipal corporation, before the expiration of such time, causes it to be certified to the county auditor for entry upon the tax lists for collection under section 727.30 or 727.33 of the Revised Code, or causes the proper action to be commenced, in a court having jurisdiction thereof, to enforce the lien against such lots or lands, in which case the lien shall continue in force so long as t...

...If an action for the recovery of an assessment is commenced within due time, and a judgment therein for the plaintiff is reversed, or if the plaintiff fails in such action otherwise than upon the merits and the time limited for the action has expired, a new action may be commenced within one year after such reversal or failure.

...gislative authority of a municipal corporation provides that the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect an assessment, the legislative authority, in the assessing ordinance, shall add to the assessment an amount to cover the cost of its collection.

...The court of common pleas shall have the jurisdiction authorized by sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the collection of any charge or debt or the enforcement of any lien, notwithstanding the amount involved is less than that to which the jurisdiction is limited in other cases. Such courts may make such special rules concerning the class of cases authorized to be brought under such section...

...gislative authority of a municipal corporation may levy an additional assessment to supply the deficiency. Such additional assessment shall be levied against the same properties as were assessed for the cost of the improvement and shall be assessed among such properties in the same proportion as the assessment for the cost of the improvement was levied. Such additional assessment shall be subject to the same limitat...

...gislative authority of a municipal corporation that a special assessment is invalid by reason of informality or irregularity in the proceedings, or when an assessment is adjudged to be illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction, the legislative authority may order a reassessment whether the improvement has been made or not. Proceedings upon a reassessment, and for the collection thereof, shall be conducted in the ...

...gislative authorities of municipal corporations and by the courts in order to secure a speedy completion of the work at reasonable cost, and the speedy collection of the assessment after the time has elapsed for its payment. Merely formal objections shall be disregarded, but the proceedings shall be strictly construed in favor of the owner of the property assessed or injured as to the limitations on assessment of pr...

...oundary line between two municipal corporations is located within or along the side lines of a street, avenue, or other public highway, such municipal corporations may enter into an agreement for the improvement of such street, avenue, or other public highway in such manner as the respective legislative authorities thereof determine. The agreement may provide for any of the improvements specified in section 727.01 of...