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...Any written contract for the renting, leasing, or hiring of railroad equipment, rolling stock, or other personal property to be used in or about the operation of a railroad, may stipulate or provide for a conditional sale of the property at the termination of such renting, leasing, or hiring, and may stipulate or provide that the rental reserved as paid, or when paid in full, shall be applied and treated as purchase ...

...Sections 4969.05 and 4969.06 of the Revised Code apply, not only to contracts made with a railroad company as vendee or lessee, but also apply to all contracts which may be made with any interurban railroad or street railway company, or other company, corporation, or person as vendee or lessee, by which any such interurban railroad or street railway company, or other corporation, company, or person undertakes to purc...

...When a railroad, the whole or part of which lies within this state, has been placed by order of a court in the hands of a receiver who has taken charge of and is operating it for the purpose of carrying passengers, freight, and doing such other things as ordinarily belong to the running and management of railroads, in his official capacity, such receiver may sue or be sued in the courts of this state without leave pr...

...The earnings of a railroad in the hands of a receiver, and all other money which comes into his hands as receiver, shall be applied first to pay: (A) Costs and expenses of the suit in which he was appointed; (B) The expenses of operating and managing the railroad, including materials and supplies procured by him for it; (C) The liabilities incurred by him in such operation and management. Judgments recovered agai...

...When a railroad operated by a receiver is wholly within this state, all money which comes into his hands, whether from operating the railroad or otherwise, shall be kept and deposited in such place within this state as the court directs, until properly disbursed. If a part of the railroad lies in another state, the receiver shall deposit in this state at least such share of the funds in his hands as is proportioned t...

...Actions may be brought against the receiver of a railroad, street railway, or an interurban railroad, in any county through or into which such railroad, street railway, or interurban railroad is constructed. Service of summons may be made on the receiver or superintendent of the railroad, street railway, or interurban railroad, or a ticket or freight agent in the employment of or acting for the receiver. No service m...

...The real and personal property, roadbed, right of way, fixtures, and franchises of a railroad company in this state which has not completed, nor conveyed by deed of trust or mortage, any part of its railroad, and which is insolvent, and whose property is in the hands of a receiver appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, may be sold at judicial sale, and title thereto, with all the rights, liberties, faculties...

...Before a sale under section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is ordered, the receiver shall file in the court his petition therefor, in which he shall set forth the names of the creditors of the company, with the sums due to each as nearly as can be ascertained, a statement of the company's assets, exclusive of its roadbed, rights of way, and franchises, and a pertinent description in general terms of the roadbed, right ...

... had under the order as are provided in sales of real estate made by judicial order in other cases, so far as they are applicable.

...Before a sale referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is made, notice thereof shall be given by publication, for six consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the counties through or in which such railroad is located, and also in some newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the cities of New York and Cincinnati, for at least thirty days prior to ...

...When a sale referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is made and reported to the court, if satisfied that it was conducted according to law and its order, the court shall confirm the sale and order the receiver to execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for the railroad, roadbed, rights of way, real estate, fixtures, and franchises so sold. The proceeds of the sale, after paying the costs...

...A company organized under the laws of this state may purchase the property referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code. Any number of persons not less than five may purchase such railroad, roadbed, rights of way, property, and franchises at such sale. On filing a transcript of the decree of confirmation in the office of the secretary of state, they shall become a corporation of this state, amenable to its proc...

...The purchaser of a railroad situated wholly or partly within this state, sold pursuant to judicial proceedings, may acquire the franchise originally vested in the company which held the railroad prior to such sale, by grant of such company, under such terms as are agreed upon by the directors of the company with the consent of stockholders owning two thirds of the stock. Such grant shall be in the form required to co...

...The purchaser of the property, roadbeds, rights of way, fixtures, and franchises of a railroad company in this state, situated wholly or in part in this state, sold pursuant to judicial order, judgment, or decree, and which sale is confirmed by the court making the order of sale, may sell all or any part of such property. The title thereto, with all the rights, liberties, faculties, and franchises shall pass by such ...

...A railroad company organized or existing under the laws of this state may purchase the property as provided in section 4969.19 of the Revised Code. Any number of persons may purchase such railroad, roadbeds, rights of way, property, and franchises either directly at such judicial sale or by grant from the purchasers at such sale. On filing a copy of such deed or grant in the office of the secretary of state, with art...

...ch it is employed. In the operation and maintenance of its railroad, such corporation is entitled to all the rights and is subject to all the obligations and restrictions imposed upon railroad companies by the laws of this state.

...Where a right of way, or part thereof, upon an unfinished railroad remains for ten years unused for railroad purposes, it shall be held forfeited and shall revert to the owner of the land, unless at least twenty miles of the railroad have been completed by the company during that period, or unless an average of one thousand dollars per mile has been expended for construction before the expiration of such period.

...The director of transportation shall make a map in outline and profile, and plans, specifications, profiles, and estimates covering proposed projects. When completed the director shall indorse upon such maps, profiles, plans, specifications, and estimates of quantities his approval of the same and cause one copy thereof to be placed on file in his office and another in the office of the district deputy director of tr...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 5517.01 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may establish a program to expedite the sale and construction of special projects by combining the design and construction elements of projects for transportation facilities as defined in section 5501.01 of the Revised Code into a single contract. The director shall prepare and distribute a scope of work document upon which the bi...

...tity construction contracts for highway maintenance limited to guardrail, highway lighting, and traffic signal maintenance. (C) The total value of a contract entered into under this section shall not exceed two million dollars per project. (D) Each district of the department of transportation is limited to two indefinite delivery indefinite quantity construction contracts for highway maintenance at any given time...

...roceed without competitive bidding with maintenance or repair work by employing labor, purchasing materials, and furnishing equipment, if the total estimated cost of the completed operation, or series of connected operations, does not exceed the following, as adjusted under division (B)(2) of this section: (a) Thirty thousand dollars per centerline mile of highway, exclusive of structures and traffic control si...

...(A)(1) The director of transportation may proceed without competitive bidding by employing labor, purchasing materials, and furnishing equipment to do any of the following work: (a) Replace any single span bridge in its substantial entirety or widen any single span bridge, including necessary modifications to accommodate widening the existing substructure and wing walls. The director shall proceed under divis...

...The director of transportation shall, at the time the director indorses the director's approval upon the surveys, plans, profiles, and specifications covering any proposed project, determine whether the making of the improvement will require the closing to traffic of the highway, bridge, or culvert involved and, if the director finds it necessary to close the same to traffic, the extent to which the same shall be ...

...The director of transportation shall repair all substantial damage done to county and township roads or to streets in municipal corporations resulting from the transportation of materials or equipment over such roads for use in constructing, reconstructing, or repairing, either by force account or contract, any road, street, or highway project of the department. Temporary repairs on such roads made necessary by reaso...

...(A) Whenever any proposed project of the department of transportation includes the construction of a sound barrier, the director of transportation shall notify the appropriate local legislative authority of the proposed construction. The director shall conduct at least one public hearing on the proposed sound barrier in the county in which it is to be located. Once a week for two successive weeks, the director ...