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... the president and secretary of any railroad or union depot company, on behalf of such company, pursuant to authorization of its board of directors.

...Whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it is for the best interests, security, and convenience of the public in carrying out any contract for the construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, such board may establish new highways and widen, change the location of, alter, straighten, narrow, change the grade of, or vacate a part or all of any public highway established or to be establis...

...The board of county commissioners may in the making of a contract for the construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, provide for approaches to such bridge for general highway traffic, over or from any other public highway adjacent to such joint bridge, and may acquire lands or property for such bridge and approaches by dedication, purchase, or appropriation in the manner provided for the dedication, purcha...

... apportioned between the county and railroad or union depot company, and by whom the work of construction is to be done. Prior to the passage of the resolution declaring such necessity there shall be filed with the board exhibits showing the location, elevation, and width of any highway to be established, altered, narrowed, vacated in whole or part, or grade thereof as changed, and a general plan of the joint bridge...

...Notice of the passage of the resolution provided for in section 5591.07 of the Revised Code shall be served upon the owners of property abutting upon that part of any highway to be altered, relocated, narrowed, or vacated in whole or part, or any change of grade thereof, in the manner provided as to resolutions declaring the necessity for a street improvement of a municipal corporation.

...contract between the county and the railroad or union depot company, for the construction, use, and maintenance of the joint bridge, together with the plans and specifications showing its location, elevation, and approaches, with such other information as may be required under said contract, shall be prepared and on file with the board. The plans, specifications, and contract shall be approved and the execution of th...

...The resolution provided for by section 5591.09 of the Revised Code shall contain a general description of the land or property required by the county for approaches to the bridge, for making alterations in any highway shown on the plan or required by the specifications or contract, or necessary to be purchased or appropriated by the county, and any land required for establishing, altering, widening, or changing the l...

...gone into effect and the county and railroad or union depot company have executed the contract approved by the resolution providing for construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, the company shall dedicated for public use a highway of such width and at such elevation as is fixed and determined in the contract. Dedication shall be by plat prepared, signed, acknowledged, and recorded in the same manner and f...

...uired to make any alteration in the railroad necessitated by the proposed improvement shall be purchased or appropriated by the county or the railroad in the manner as provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...All resolutions and notices provided for in sections 5591.03 to 5591.17 of the Revised Code shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the improvement provided in such sections is to be made, and such publication shall be complete when published once a week, on the same day of the week, for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code.

...All resolutions required in sections 5591.03 to 5591.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to be adopted by a county, or to carry out a contract, shall be adopted by a majority of all members elected or appointed to the board of county commissioners.

...in or to the lands or rights of any railroad or union depot company other than those which are expressly granted in such contract, and shown upon the dedication plat.

...Except as provided in section 5591.21 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall construct and keep in repair, approaches or ways to all bridges named in such section. When the cost of the construction or repair of the approaches or ways to any such bridge does not exceed fifty dollars, such construction or repair shall be performed by the board of township trustees.

...The board of county commissioners shall construct, without unnecessary delay, good and sufficient approaches or ways to bridges erected by it. The board shall contract for such construction in the same manner as for contracting for the construction of such bridges.

...In rebuilding a bridge destroyed or injured by flood or fire, the board of county commissioners may select a new site therefor. Before the change is made, or a contract for that purpose is entered into, the board shall give at least twenty days' notice of the time when the question of change will be considered, and at such hearing, all persons interested may present their views and wishes to the board, either by peti...

...The board of county commissioners may contract for and purchase stone, gravel, earth, dirt, or other material necessary for the construction or keeping in repair of approaches or ways to bridges as required by section 5591.24 of the Revised Code. The cost of constructing such approaches and procuring such material shall be paid from the bridge fund of the county on the order of the board.

..., highway intersections, highway or railroad grade separations or interchange areas erected by it. The cost of such lighting shall be paid from the bridge fund of the county, or from any funds available for highway construction or maintenance and repair, on the order of the board. This section does not apply where the board has constructed three or more bridges within the limits of a municipal corporation. In such ca...

...Negligent failure to comply with section 5591.36 of the Revised Code shall render the county liable for all accidents or damages resulting from that failure.

...The board of county commissioners of a county in which there is a toll bridge, or a bridge owned by a person or corporation authorized by law to charge and collect toll for crossing it, may purchase such bridge, with the approaches, at a price agreed upon by the board and the owners of the bridge. If such board is unable to agree with the owners upon such purchase and sale the board may appropriate the bridge.

...For the purpose of appropriating a bridge as authorized by section 5591.38 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall have made an accurate survey and description of the bridge and approaches and the land occupied thereby, and shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Upon payment of the agreed price, or payment into court of the compensation assesse...

...When the board of county commissioners appropriates a bridge, as provided in sections 5591.38 and 5591.39 of the Revised Code, and fails to pay for it within three months after the assessment of compensation, the right of the board to make such appropriation on the terms of the assessment so made shall cease and such bridge shall be relieved from all encumbrances on account of the proceedings in such case. The judgme...

...If a county bridge has been destroyed by fire, flood, or any other cause, the board of county commissioners may cause to be established a free ferry in lieu thereof. The board may also cause to be established a free ferry over any of the interior streams of the state where it is not expedient to build a bridge, and may cause it to be maintained and operated. The cost of maintaining and operating such ferry shall not ...

...A constable of a township, a marshal of a village, or a police officer of a city may arrest upon view, and without process, a person violating section 5591.42 of the Revised Code.

...Prosecution under sections 5591.42 and 5591.43 of the Revised Code shall be in the name of the state and be commenced within three months after the offense is committed. Sections 5591.33 to 5591.43 of the Revised Code do not take away from the board of county commissioners a right of action for damages, which it may have against a person for injury done to a bridge.

...Any county or city bridge commission may: (A) Construct, acquire by purchase or condemnation, and improve, operate, and maintain bridges entirely within the state or such county or city, or over rivers and navigable waters which form a boundary of the state, or such county or city, notwithstanding that the waters of such river or navigable water may not at all times extend to or reach said boundary line, whenever th...