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...If more than one party appeals in regard to the same improvement, the probate court shall order the cases to be consolidated and tried together, but the rights of each person, firm, or corporation as to the inclusion of their property in the assessment district or as to the apportionment of the tentative assessment shall be separately determined by the court in its verdict.

...At the conclusion of the trial provided for in section 6117.15 of the Revised Code, the probate court shall find separately upon each claim for adjustment of the apportionment of the tentative assessment, if the appeal is from the judgment of the board of county commissioners in reference to apportionment of such assessment. The court shall determine whether the improvement petitioned for or granted will be necessary...

...The probate judge shall make a record of all proceedings before him, and tax the cost in favor of the prevailing party and against the losing party. If more than one matter is appealed from, and a party prevails as to one matter and loses as to another, the probate court shall determine how much of the costs each party shall pay. The costs on motions or continuance and the like shall be taxed and paid as the court di...

...If an appeal has been made in reference to the necessity of the improvement as provided in section 6117.09 of the Revised Code, and it appears from the transcript certified to the board of county commissioners by the probate judge that the proposed improvement is not necessary for the public health, convenience, and welfare, or that the cost thereof will exceed the benefits resulting from such improvement, the board ...

...If an appeal has been made in reference to the boundaries of the assessment district or to the tentative assessment as provided in section 6117.09 of the Revised Code, and it appears from the transcript certified to the board of county commissioners by the probate judge that the boundaries of the assessment district should be changed or that the tentative assessment should be modified, the board may make such changes...

...If an appeal is taken from the order of the board of county commissioners dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of the petition, and the probate court finds in favor of the improvement, it shall render judgment establishing such improvement, unless it grants a new trial, and the improvement shall henceforth be established unless the judgment of said court is reversed on appeal.

...For their services required on appeal the officers and other persons mentioned in sections 6117.01 to 6117.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are entitled to the fees and compensation which they are entitled to by law for like services in other cases.

...The final judgment of the probate court may be reviewed on appeal as in other cases. If an appeal is prosecuted from the judgment of the probate court as to the necessity of the improvement, the construction of the improvement shall be deferred until the appeal is finally disposed of. If an appeal is prosecuted from the judgment of the court as to the inclusion of any property in the assessment district or as to the...

...Any court in which an action is brought to enjoin, reverse, or declare void the proceedings by which any improvement has been made or ordered to be made under sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, or 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or to enjoin a collection of a tax or assessment levied for such purpose, or any part thereof, or to which appeal is taken under section 6117.09 of the Revised Code t...

...(A) The board of county commissioners may pay the whole or any part of the cost of constructing, maintaining, repairing, or operating any improvement provided for in this chapter, including the payment of a county sanitary engineer and the sanitary engineer's assistants and other necessary expenses. Insofar as such expenses relate to the construction of a permanent improvement, they may be considered as part of t...

...(A) After the establishment of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners may determine by resolution that it is necessary to provide sanitary or drainage facility improvements or prevention or replacement facility improvements and to maintain and operate the improvements within the district or a designated portion of the district, that the improvements, which shall be generally described in t...

...After the issuance and sale of bonds or certificates of indebtedness, as provided in sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall enter into a written contract in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The contract shall be between the board and the bidder, and the board shall pay the contract price in cash. Such payment may ...

...Whenever the owners of all the lots and lands to be assessed for any sanitary or drainage facility improvement or any prevention or replacement facility improvement provided for in this chapter, by petition in writing, request the board of county commissioners to provide for the acquisition or construction, maintenance, and operation of the improvement, describing the improvement and the lots and lands owned by th...

...The cost of any improvement provided for in this chapter and the cost of its maintenance and operation shall include, in addition to the cost of its acquisition or construction, the cost of engineering, necessary publications, inspection, interest on public obligations, and all other items of cost incident to the improvement as described in division (B) of section 133.15 of the Revised Code. The county may pay from...

...The cost of the acquisition or construction of sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities to be paid by assessments shall be assessed, as an assessment district assessment, upon all the property within the county sewer district found to be benefited in accordance with the special benefits conferred, less any part of the cost that is paid by the county at large from other available f...

...For the purpose of paying for a part or all of the cost of any improvement under this chapter in a sewer district created under the provisions of section 6117.01 of the Revised Code, or in a designated subdistrict thereof, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax under Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code upon all of the property listed and assessed for taxation in such sewer district or subdistrict and may auth...

...The county sanitary engineer, upon the completion of any improvement in accordance with this chapter, shall prepare, or otherwise cause to be prepared, and shall present to the board of county commissioners a revised assessment based on the tentative assessment previously ratified by the board for the improvement or, if the tentative assessment has been revised by order of court, based on the revised tentative asses...

...Whenever the legislative authority or board of health, or the officers performing the duties of the legislative authority or board of health, of a municipal corporation, the board of health of a general health district, or a board of township trustees makes complaint, in writing, to the environmental protection agency that unsanitary conditions exist in any county, the agency's director forthwith shall inquire into ...

...If the board of county commissioners fails after thirty days after the notice and order given to it by the director of environmental protection to perform any act required of it by sections 6117.01 to 6117.40 of the Revised Code, and by any such order and notice of the director, such order may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writs.

...An action may be commenced and prosecuted for the recovery of any fine, forfeiture, or penalty mentioned in sections 6117.01 to 6117.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code, from any person liable therefor, by the prosecuting attorney of the proper county in the name of the state, in the court of common pleas of such county, or such action may be commenced and prosecuted by the attorney general in such county or in Frankl...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it is necessary to acquire real estate or any interest in real estate for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of any sewer, drainage, or other improvement authorized by this chapter, or to acquire the right to construct, maintain, and operate the sewer, drainage, or other ...

...Whenever in the opinion of the board of county commissioners it becomes necessary to construct a sewer within the boundaries of a municipal corporation for the service of sewer districts wholly outside of such municipal corporation, the board may construct such sewer in the streets and alleys of such municipal corporation but shall restore all such streets and alleys to their original condition, and the cost thereof ...

...At any time after the formation of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners may enter into a contract, upon the terms and for the period of time that are mutually agreed upon, with any other public agency to prepare all necessary plans and estimates of cost and to acquire or construct any sanitary or drainage facilities or any prevention or replacement facilities that are to be used jointly b...

...All contracts under section 6117.41 of the Revised Code shall provide for the payment of compensation to the county or other public agency owning, acquiring, or constructing, or agreeing to acquire or construct, the sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities to be jointly used in an amount agreed upon as the other party's share of the cost of acquiring or constructing the facilities...

...A county or other public agency contracting as provided in sections 6117.41 and 6117.42 of the Revised Code for the joint use of any sanitary or drainage facilities or any prevention or replacement facilities acquired or constructed, or to be acquired or constructed, by another public agency may provide for payment of the agreed compensation by the levy of taxes or special assessments or from sanitary sewer or drai...