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...or its authorized agent may examine any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad or of such other companies, under oath, relative to the stock which he has in any of such companies, and his pecuniary interests, direct or indirect, in such companies.

...ner if required by the public utilities commission, each railroad shall file with the commission a verified list of all railroad tickets, passes, and mileage books issued free or for other than actual bona fide money consideration at full established rates during the preceding year, with the names of the recipients thereof, the amount received therefor, and the reason for issuing them. This section does not apply to ...

...When required by the public utilities commission and within a time fixed by it, each railroad shall deliver to the commission for its use copies of all contracts which relate to the transportation of persons or property or any service in connection therewith, made or entered into by such railroad with any other railroad, terminal, depot, car or equipment company, express or other transportation company, bridge compan...

...The public utilities commission shall cause blank forms to be prepared suitable for the purposes designated in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code which shall conform as nearly as practicable to the forms prescribed by the interstate commerce commission, and, when necessary, furnish such blank forms to each railroad.

...ll be verified under oath by the proper officer of the railroad and returned to the commission within the time fixed by it.

...k form required by the public utilities commission, or by law, or willfully fail to answer a question propounded in a blank form, knowingly give a false answer to such question or evade the answer to it, if the fact inquired of is within his knowledge, or, upon proper demand, willfully fail to exhibit a book, paper, or account of such railroad which is in his possession or under his control, to a public utilities com...

...ilroad shall, by itself or by a general officer thereof, by direction, instruction, or request, cause an officer, agent, or employee of such railroad to violate section 4907.21 of the Revised Code.

...sion shall give reasonable notice to an officer or station agent of the company of the time and place of the investigation. The cost of such investigation shall be certified by the chairman of the commission, and audited and paid by the state as other expenses. The commission shall keep a record or file of the proceedings and evidence.

...Each railroad shall furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. The charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property, for any service in connection therewith, or for the receiving, switching, delivering, storing, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just. Every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited.

...type and file with the public utilities commission, within a time fixed by the commission, schedules, showing all rates, fares, and charges for transportation of passengers and property, and any service in connection therewith, which such railroad has established and which are in force at such time between all points in this state upon its railroad, or upon any railroad controlled or operated by it. Such schedules sh...

...rinted, filed with the public utilities commission, and filed in every depot, station, and office of such railroads where passengers or property are received for transportation.

...ty days' notice to the public utilities commission. All such changes shall be plainly indicated upon existing schedules, or by filing new schedules thirty days prior to the time they are to take effect. The commission may, for good cause shown, allow changes upon less than the notice specified in this section, or modify the requirements of this section in respect to publishing, posting, and filing of tariffs, either ...

...No railroad shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater or less compensation for the transportation of passengers or property, or for any service in connection therewith, than is specified in the printed schedules referred to in sections 4907.25 to 4907.27 of the Revised Code, including schedules of joint rates, as being then in force. The rates, fares, and charges named in such schedules shall be the l...

...The public utilities commission may prescribe such changes in the form in which schedules are issued by a railroad as are expedient. Such schedules, as far as practicable, shall conform to the forms prescribed by the interstate commerce commission.

...) Its employees and their families, its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, and attorneys at law; (B) Ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of railroad young men's or young women's Christian associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable institutions, and persons exclusively engaged in charitable work; (C) Indigent, destitute, and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitab...

...hibit the interchange of passes for the officers, agents, and employees and their families. Such section does not prohibit any railroad company from carrying passengers free in order to provide relief in cases of general epidemics, pestilence, or other calamitous visitation.

...No railroad company shall violate sections 4907.30, 4907.31, and 4907.34 of the Revised Code. No person, other than the persons excepted in such sections, shall use a free ticket, free pass, or free transportation.

...The classification of freight in this state shall be uniform on all railroads.

...Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code do not prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of freight free or at reduced rates, for the United States, this state, any political subdivision thereof, for charitable purposes, to and from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the property of railroad employees for their own exclusive use or consumption or that of...

...If a railroad, or an agent or officer of a railroad, by special rate, rebate, drawback, or by means of false billing, false classification, false weighing, or other device, charges, demands, collects, or receives, either directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation, a greater or less compensation for service rendered or to be rendered by such railroad for the transportation of persons or proper...

...No railroad shall demand, charge, collect, or receive from a person, firm, or corporation a less compensation for the transportation of property or for a service rendered or to be rendered by such railroad in consideration of such person, firm, or corporation furnishing a part of the facilities incident thereto. This section does not prohibit a railroad from procuring facilities or service incident to transportation ...

...No common carrier subject to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code shall make or give undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to a particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or to any particular description of traffic, or subject any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, to any undue or unreasonab...

...No person, firm, or corporation, shall knowingly accept or receive a rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect to transportation of property wholly within this state or for service in connection therewith, whereby such property, by false billing, false classification, false weighing, or other device, is transported at a less rate than that named in the published tariffs in force, or whereby any service or adva...

...Each railroad shall provide and maintain adequate depots and depot buildings at its regular stations for the accomodation of passengers. Such depot buildings shall be kept clean, well-lighted, and warmed, for the comfort and accomodation of the traveling public. Each railroad shall provide and maintain adequate and suitable freight depots, buildings, switches, and sidetracks for receiving, handling, and delivering f...

...The public utilities commission has the same control over private tracks, so far as such tracks are used by common carriers in connection with a railroad for the transportation of freight, as it has over the tracks of such railroad.

...The board of rapid transit commissioners may grant to any corporation organized for street or interurban railway purposes the right to operate, by lease or otherwise, the depots, terminals, and railways mentioned in section 747.08 of the Revised Code upon such terms as the board is authorized by ordinance to agree upon with such corporation, subject to the approval of a majority of the electors of the city voti...

...Whenever the board of rapid transit commissioners of a city declares by resolution that real estate of the city acquired for rapid transit purposes is not needed for the proper conduct and maintenance of such rapid transit system, such real estate may be sold or leased by the board to the highest bidder after advertisement once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the ...

...Whenever the board of rapid transit commissioners of a city declares by resolution that certain real estate of the city, acquired for rapid transit purposes and paid for out of rapid transit funds, is not needed for such purposes and is available for boulevard or parkway purposes, such board, by resolution, may determine to use the real estate for boulevard or parkway purposes, and may transfer from any boulevard or ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Soil and water conservation district" means a district organized in accordance with this chapter. (B) "Supervisor" means one of the members of the governing body of a district. (C) "Landowner," "owner," or "owner of land" means an owner of record as shown by the records in the office of the county recorder. With respect to an improvement or a proposed improvement, "landowner," "...

...on of the Ohio state university, and an officer of the Ohio federation of soil and water conservation districts, or their designees, may serve as ex officio members of the commission, but without the power to vote. A vacancy in the office of an appointed member shall be filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the te...

...Each county shall have a soil and water conservation district coextensive with the geographic area of the county, and each district shall constitute a political subdivision of this state.

...by the Ohio soil and water conservation commission pursuant to rules it adopts under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The term of each supervisor shall be for three years. Due notice of election of supervisors shall be given by the commission. Successors to fill unexpired terms may be appointed by the commission on the unanimous recommendation of the remaining supervisors. In any case in which a unanimous recommenda...

...commission. (F) For all employees and officers who are entrusted with funds, the board shall either: (1) Provide for the execution of surety bonds; (2) By resolution, adopt a policy to allow for use of an employee dishonesty and faithful performance of duty insurance policy to cover financial or property loss caused by the fraudulent or dishonest actions of, and the failure to perform a duty prescribed by law f...

...arding expenditures by boards of county commissioners, when the cost under any such contract, lease, or agreement, other than compensation for personal services or rental of office space, involves an expenditure of more than the amount established in that section regarding expenditures by boards of county commissioners, the board shall make a written contract with the lowest and best bidder after advertisement, for n...

...by the Ohio soil and water conservation commission. If a request is so submitted, the prosecuting attorney of the county associated with the district does not have legal representation duties in connection with the tort action under section 940.13 of the Revised Code. (2) The attorney general, an assistant attorney general, or special counsel appointed by the attorney general shall defend a supervisor or other offi...

...f the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners may make payments of benefits that are provided under this section. The board of supervisors may purchase such materials, equipment, and supplies, may lease such equipment, and may rent, purchase, or construct, and maintain, such offices, and provide for such equipment and supplies therefor, as it considers necessary and may pay for the same from the special fun...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Receiving employee" means an employee of a soil and water conservation district who receives donated sick leave as authorized by this section. (2) "Donating employee" means an employee of a soil and water conservation district who donates sick leave as authorized by this section. (3) "Paid leave" has the same meaning as in section 124.391 of the Revised Code. (4) "Full-time e...

...ce in the office of the board of county commissioners. If the fair market value of the property to be sold pursuant to this division is, in the opinion of the board of supervisors, in excess of two thousand dollars, notice of the time, place, and manner of the sale shall also be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least ten days prior to such sale. The board may authorize the sale of s...

...s; (7) The actions or omissions by an officer or employee that qualify as misuse of a credit card account. (B) The name of the soil and water conservation district shall appear on each presentation instrument related to the account including cards and checks. (C) If the fiscal agent of the district does not retain general possession and control of the credit card account and presentation instruments related to ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial transaction device" includes a credit card, debit card, charge card, or prepaid or stored value card, or automated clearinghouse network credit, debit, or e-check entry that includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and internet-initiated, point of purchase, and telephone-initiated applications or any other device or method for making an electronic payment or t...

...The board of county commissioners of each county in which there is a soil and water conservation district may levy a tax within the ten-mill limitation and may appropriate money from the proceeds of the levy or from the general fund of the county. The money shall be held in a special fund for the credit of the district, to be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 940.08 of the Revised Code or under the poli...

...(A) The prosecuting attorney of a county in which there is a soil and water conservation district is the legal adviser of the district. The prosecuting attorney is the legal counsel of such district in all civil actions brought by or against it and shall conduct all such actions in the prosecuting attorney's official capacity. The board of supervisors of a district may also employ such attorneys as may be necessary o...

...This chapter does not infringe upon the rights, powers, and authority vested by law in the division of wildlife in the department of natural resources.

...at the Ohio soil and water conservation commission may approve payment to a district in an amount in excess of eight thousand dollars in any calendar year upon receipt of a request and justification from the district. The county auditor shall credit such payments to the special fund established pursuant to section 940.12 of the Revised Code for the soil and water conservation district. The department may make advanc...

...A board of county commissioners may apply to the Ohio soil and water conservation commission for an advance of moneys from the soil and water conservation fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, to enable a soil and water conservation district to pay all or part of the cost of surveys and plans, appraisals, estimates of cost, land options, and other incidental expenses of constructing works of improvemen...

...by the Ohio soil and water conservation commission, may enter into agreements with boards of county commissioners under which the state shares the cost of construction of works of improvement constructed by the county for a soil and water conservation district. The state share shall be paid from moneys appropriated for such purposes. The state share authorized under this section shall not exceed fifty per cent of the...

...(A) An owner of land that is located in a soil and water conservation district may file a petition with the board of supervisors of the district requesting the construction of a conservation work of improvement. Prior to filing a petition, the petitioner shall consult with the district to discuss the proposed drainage improvement and to determine the proper forms and procedures for filing the petition. (B) The peti...

... improvement and to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. The board shall ensure that the notice contains all of the following: (1) The date, time, and location for the view and the subsequent hearing; (2) A description of the proposed improvement and its location as stated in the petition, a map indicating the location of the proposed improvement or information on where to access the map, an...

...(A) On the date established for the view of a proposed improvement, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district or its designee shall present an overview of the proposed improvement. In the presentation, the board or its designee shall use methods and means that the board determines will adequately inform those attending the view about the proposed improvement's location and the drainage issues...

...(A) Upon acceptance of a petition requesting the construction of an improvement, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district shall begin to prepare a preliminary report regarding the proposed improvement. The board shall present the completed preliminary report at the hearing that is held on the proposed improvement. (B) The board shall ensure that the preliminary report includes all of the f...