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...tion 503.09 of the Revised Code, no new township shall be laid off containing less than twenty-two square miles, but the boundaries of a township may be changed so as to reduce its territory below that quantity.

...e, or laying off of the boundaries of a township by the board of county commissioners, at least thirty days' notice of the time for the hearing on such application or petition shall be given by advertisement, at three public places within the bounds of the territory proposed to be partitioned, altered, changed, or laid off. The board shall cause the boundaries of such township, so changed or altered, or new township ...

...When a boundary line between townships is in dispute, the board of county commissioners, upon application of the board of township trustees of one of such townships, and upon notice in writing to the board of township trustees of such civil township, and on thirty days' public notice printed in a newspaper of general circulation within the county, shall establish such boundary line and make a record thereof as ...

...r shall determine and suitably mark the township boundary lines at all points where they intersect a public road when the point of such intersection is in dispute.

...A board of township trustees, irrespective of the population or any other characteristic of the township, may adopt and submit to the director of transportation a resolution requesting the department of transportation to erect signs in the rights-of-way of state highways, other than freeways and expressways, located within that township and outside the limits of an incorporated municipality, indicating the boundaries...

...ration do not comprise the whole of the township in which it is situated, or if by change of limits of the corporation include territory lying in more than one township, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by an affirmative majority vote of its members, may petition the board of county commissioners for a change of township lines in order to make them identical, in whole or in part, with the limit...

...section 503.07 of the Revised Code, any township not having a municipal corporation remaining within its limits may be partitioned as provided in section 503.02 of the Revised Code. Unless and until a partition is made under that section, the remaining township territory shall remain intact. If the changes made under section 503.07 of the Revised Code require the remaining township to acquire a new township name, the...

...Where a township contains a municipal corporation, either in whole or in part, if a majority of the freehold electors owning land in the portion of such a township outside the municipal corporation's corporate limits, petitions, with a map accurately setting forth such territory, praying to have such territory erected into a new township, and excluding the territory within the municipal corporation, the board of coun...

....09 of the Revised Code, creating a new township, the board of county commissioners shall first ascertain and apportion the amount of existing indebtedness of the original township between the new township and the municipal corporation eliminated from the township. Such apportionment shall be made in proportion to the tax duplicates of the respective territories subject to levy, in order to provide for the payment of...

..., upon entering an order erecting a new township under section 503.09 of the Revised Code, shall include in such order a proper division of the funds on hand, credits, and properties of the original township, between the new township and the municipal corporation eliminated from the township, on the basis of the respective tax duplicates subject to levy for the creation of such funds or credits, or subject to taxatio...

....09 of the Revised Code, creating a new township, the board of county commissioners shall appoint all township officers to serve until the next township election.

... Revised Code for the erection of a new township shall be complete.

...When the change of boundaries of townships is required by reason of the extension of the limits of a municipal corporation, such change shall be made by annexation to the township in which the municipal corporation or the greater part of it was previously situated, of such parts of other townships as are covered by such extension.

...counties, the application for change of township lines provided for by section 503.07 of the Revised Code may be made to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the change of boundaries is proposed, or, if the change is to be made in two or more counties, such application shall be made to the boards of the several counties as to the territory situated within them, respectively.

...rity of the electors of an incorporated township, for good cause shown, may alter the name of such township. Thirty days' previous notice of such intended application must be given by advertisement, at three public places in the township. Such change shall not affect the right of property or the internal concerns of the township.

...(A) A board of township trustees, by a unanimous vote, may adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the electors of the unincorporated area of the township the question of whether the township's name should be changed. (B) The electors of the unincorporated area of a township may petition the board of township trustees to adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the...

...hall submit the question of whether the township's name shall be changed to the electors of the unincorporated area of the township in accordance with division (C) of that section, and the ballot language shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the township of __________ (name) change its name to ________ (proposed name)? __________ For name change __________ Against name change" (B)(1) At least forty-five...

...When a township is altered, diminished, or changed in any way by the formation of new townships, additions to other townships, or otherwise, such original township and all portions thereof shall remain liable to the same extent on contracts, engagements, or liabilities contracted by such township prior to the change as if no such alteration, diminution, or change had taken place.

...In case of a division or change of a township which has retained its original name, the board of township trustees, in levying a tax for the payment of any legal or just claims against such township contracted prior to the change, shall procure a certified abstract from the county auditor, or, in case parcels of such township have been attached to townships of different counties, from the county auditors of the count...

...Code, or interest thereon, the board of township trustees shall levy an amount, not exceeding that limited by sections 5705.01 to 5705.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the payment of claims against townships, on the taxable property within the limits of such township as it was bounded before the change, and shall certify an abstract thereof to the county auditor of the proper county.

...If parcels of a township have been attached to territory in different counties, the board of township trustees shall certify an abstract of the tax levied under sections 503.18 and 503.19 of the Revised Code upon the property in such parcels to the county auditors of the respective counties, with the names of the persons so assessed, and the amount assessed to each. Such auditors shall thereupon enter such levies up...

...e, on demand, shall pay to the board of township trustees of the township, after each semiannual settlement, all moneys that have been collected for such township, and such treasurer shall be entitled to the same fees, and subject to the same liabilities, for duties performed under sections 503.17 to 503.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as in other cases.

...When a new township is set off, the board of county commissioners shall forthwith give at least ten days' public notice by advertisement, in three public places in such township, of the time and place of holding an election for township officers. At such time and place the electors of the township shall assemble and elect officers, who shall hold office until the next regular municipal election.

...of a person chosen to an office in any township at the regular election, or if there is a vacancy from any other cause, the board of township trustees shall appoint a person having the qualifications of an elector to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term or until a successor is elected. If a township is without a board or if no appointment is made within thirty days after the occurrence of a vacancy, a majo...

...Whenever any township officer ceases to reside in the township, or is absent from the township for ninety consecutive days, except in case of sickness or injury as provided in this section, the officer's office shall be deemed vacant and the board of township trustees shall declare a vacancy to exist in such office. Such vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by section 503.24 of the Revised Code. Whenever ...