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...curate record of the proceedings of the board of township trustees at all of its meetings, and of all its accounts and transactions, including the acceptance of the bonds of township officers. The township fiscal officer shall personally attend at least one meeting of the board during each quarter of every year, unless prevented by the occurrence of an emergency from attending. (B) In any township where the township...

...or the record of the proceedings of the board of township trustees, be provided by the township with a book for the record of township roads and a book for the record of official oaths and bonds of township officers.

... officer of a township shall notify the board of elections of all vacancies caused by death, resignation, or otherwise in the elective offices of the township. The notification shall be made in writing and filed, not later than ten days after a vacancy occurs, with the board of elections of the county in which the township is located. The fiscal officer of a township shall notify the board of elections of all cha...

...the business of the township or of the board of education of the fiscal officer's local school district, or are connected with the official business of either the township or the local school district, including the official oaths of township and school officers, and oaths required in the execution, verification, and renewal of security interests.

...es, as soon as approved by the board of township trustees, and before being filed, shall be recorded by the township fiscal officer in the book kept for that purpose. A copy of such a recorded bond, certified by the fiscal officer, shall be admitted in any court in this state, as evidence, the same as the original bond. For recording such a bond, the fiscal officer shall receive the sum of fifty cents from the p...

...electing to do this shall so notify the board of township trustees in writing, and the board shall include this notice in the minutes of its next board meeting. (D) The compensation of the township fiscal officer shall be paid in equal monthly payments. If the office of township fiscal officer is held by more than one person during any calendar year, each person holding the office shall receive payments for only th...

... trustee of the joint township cemetery board of directors having charge of such cemetery, and shall accept from the treasurer of such board his receipt for the funds.

...(A) The board of township trustees may authorize, by resolution, township officers and employees to incur obligations of ten thousand dollars or less on behalf of the township, or it may authorize, by resolution, the township administrator to so authorize township officers and employees. The obligations incurred on behalf of the township by a township officer or employee acting pursuant to any such resolution shall b...

...ompliance with this section. (F) Each board of township trustees shall approve a reasonable amount requested by the township fiscal officer to cover the costs the township fiscal officer is required to incur to meet the requirements of this section, including registration fees, lodging and meal expenses, and travel expenses.

...ny appeals under this section. (4) The board of township trustees shall be responsible for the payment of reasonable attorney's fees for counsel for the township fiscal officer. If judgment is entered against the township fiscal officer, the court shall order the township fiscal officer to reimburse the board for attorney's fees and costs up to a reasonable amount, as determined by the court. Expenses incurred by th...

...A township fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the township fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer has performed all official duties required of the township fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the township fiscal officer's or deputy fiscal officer's negligence or o...

...ision (C) of this section, the board of township trustees may designate any qualified persons as police constables and may provide them with the automobiles, communication systems, uniforms, and police equipment that the board considers necessary. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, police constables designated under this division, who have been awarded a certificate attesting to the satisfactory comp...

...d its sureties shall be approved by the board of township trustees. The bond shall be deposited with the township fiscal officer.

...(A) The board of township trustees may establish, by resolution, a parking enforcement unit within the office of a township constable, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The board of township trustees shall appoint a police constable as executive head of the parking enforcement unit, who shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules...

... court in all cases in their respective townships, and in criminal cases, they shall be such officers within the county. They shall apprehend and bring to justice felons and disturbers of the peace, suppress riots, and keep and preserve the peace within the county. They may execute all writs and process, in criminal cases, throughout the county in which they reside, and in which they were elected or appointed. If a p...

...Constables, marshals, chiefs of police, and other police officers, in discharging their duties, may call the sheriff or a deputy sheriff to their aid in state cases.

...Each constable shall, at the proper office and on the proper return day, make due return of all process directed and delivered to him. If the judgment upon which such constable has an execution is docketed in the court of common pleas, appealed, or stayed, on notice to return the execution, he shall state such fact on the execution.

...Each constable, on the receipt of any writ or other process, except subpoenas, shall note thereon the time of receiving it. He shall also state in his return on such writ or process the time and manner of executing it.

...No constable shall make a return on any process of "not found," as to any defendant, unless he has been to the usual place of residence of the defendant at least once, if such defendant has a residence in the county.

...d shall generally keep the peace in his township.

...When it becomes the duty of the constable to take a person to the county jail, such constable shall deliver to the sheriff or jailer a certified copy of the execution, commitment, or other process, whereby he holds such person in custody, and shall return the original to the judge who issued it. Such copy is sufficient authority to the sheriff or jailer to keep the prisoner in jail until discharged.

...A constable shall pay over to the party entitled thereto, all moneys received by such constable in his official capacity, if demand is made by such party, his agent, or attorney, at any time before the constable returns the writ upon which he has received such moneys. If the money is not paid over by that time, the constable shall pay it to the judge of the county court when he returns the writ.

...Constable shall be liable to a ten per cent forfeiture upon the amount of damages for which judgment may be entered against them, for failing to make return, making a false return, or failing to pay over money collected or received by them in their official capacity. Such judgment must include, in addition to the damages and costs, the forfeiture provided by this section.

...an that set forth in this section, the board of township trustees, board of trustees of the township police district, or joint police district board, as appropriate, may require that the amount taxed as costs under this section equal the amount specified under section 311.17 of the Revised Code.

...n section 9.17 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may make all contracts necessary for the purchase of a site, and the erection, improvement, or enlargement of such building. The board shall levy the necessary tax, which, in any year, shall not exceed four mills on the dollar valuation. Such tax shall not be levied for more than seven years. In anticipation of the collection of taxes, the board may b...