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...All cost of letting the work as authorized by sections 6151.01, 6151.02, and 6151.09 of the Revised Code, the expense of the work, and other expenses therein shall be paid from the bridge or motor vehicle license and gasoline tax funds of the county when the work is accepted and approved by the board of county commissioners, which shall direct the payment thereof.

...The board of county commissioners may remove from a river, watercourse, or creek, within the county, drift, timber, piling, or other obstruction placed or negligently allowed to remain therein by a person that obstructs to any extent the free flow of the water or endangers a county or township road, after giving thirty days' notice to the person or an agent thereof, to remove the obstruction within that time. The ex...

...Applications by the owners of lands adjoining or adjacent to a stream of living water for the removal of a milldam therein shall be made by filing with the county auditor a petition signed by at least two thirds of said owners, stating the necessity for such improvement and the removal of the milldam, with a sufficient bond with sureties to the acceptance of the auditor, conditioned to pay all expenses incurred in ca...

...The county auditor shall give notice to the board of county commissioners of the filing and pendency of the petition provided for in section 6155.01 of the Revised Code, and the board shall forthwith designate when and where it will meet to hear the petition and complete its proceedings thereon.

...The principal petitioner under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code shall give notice in writing of the filing, pendency, and time of hearing of the petition to the owners of each of the tracts of land sought to be affected by the proceedings. Such notice shall be served no less than ten days before the day fixed for the hearing of the petition, and the original verified notice shall be filed with the county auditor o...

...On the day set for the hearing of a petition for the removal of a milldam, if it appears to the board of county commissioners that a person interested in the improvement and in the removal of the milldam has not been notified, or that any requisite preliminary steps have not been taken, it shall adjourn the hearing to a future time, not exceeding twenty days, and shall order such notice to be given or such preliminar...

...If the board of county commissioners finds that the bond provided for in section 6155.01 of the Revised Code has been filed and notice given as required by section 6155.03 of the Revised Code, it shall hear and determine the petition and view the premises along the proposed improvement and the lands of the petitioners and others affected by the milldam. If it finds that such improvement and removal of the milldam wil...

...The board of county commissioners shall forthwith negotiate for the purchase of the milldam sought to be removed under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code and of all the right, title, and interest the owner has to or in it, and all franchises pertaining thereto. The board shall receive in writing the terms on which the owner will grant the absolute right to remove such milldam and for the free passage of water in the...

...After negotiating with the owner as provided in section 6155.06 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall fix a day for further hearing, and order that notice of the time and place of said hearing be served in writing by the principal petitioner upon each of the petitioners or any other person interested in the improvement or the removal of the milldam. If on the hearing it appears to the board tha...

...On the day fixed by the board of county commissioners for final hearing as provided in section 6155.07 of the Revised Code, it shall meet at the time and place appointed and make known to the petitioners the amount asked by the owner of the milldam for his right, title, and interest to and in it and the franchise pertaining thereto and for the right to remove it. Such board shall also make known the necessary cost of...

...The board of county commissioners shall apportion to each of the petitioners under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code and all other landowners benefited by the removal of the milldam, in an equitable manner, according to the benefits to be derived therefrom, the costs of the proceedings, as in county ditch cases, the amount asked by the owner of the milldam and agreed upon, and the amount of cost necessary to its re...

...Upon failure to agree with the owner of the milldam sought to be removed under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code, or if there has been agreement but objections are made thereto by the petitioners, then the proceedings as to appeals, applications for damages, and in all other respects, taken to determine the amount of damages to be awarded to landowners affected, shall be as is provided by law for the location and e...

...The board of county commissioners shall order the amounts, as provided in section 6155.09 of the Revised Code, to be placed upon the tax duplicate against the real estate of the petitioners and all other landowners benefited by the removal of the milldam. Such amounts shall be collected within the time and to meet the payments as far as practicable as provided in the laws relating to county ditches, whether agreed up...

...The assessments provided for in section 6155.11 of the Revised Code shall be collected as other assessments against real estate and paid into the treasury of the county wherein the petitioners reside and the milldam is situated. They shall be paid out by the county treasurer on the warrant of the county auditor, who shall issue his warrants in accordance with the records and orders of the board of county commissione...

...The county engineer shall sell at public sale and supervise the work of removing the milldam in the manner provided by law for the sale of the work of constructing a county ditch and the other duties of the engineer in respect to such ditches.

...The board of county commissioners in each county may create by resolution a board to be known as the county board of reclamation to decide, upon application, which lands, public and private, shall be reclaimed by the use of the county dredging equipment authorized in section 6156.02 of the Revised Code. The board shall consist of the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. The chairman of the board of ...

...The board of county commissioners of each county of the state may purchase, rent, or lease such dredging equipment as it deems necessary to be used in land reclamation projects as directed by the board of reclamation authorized in section 6156.01 of the Revised Code. If the board of county commissioners determines that such equipment is necessary, it shall, in the event of purchase, advertise its needs for at least t...

...The dredging equipment purchased under section 6156.02 of the Revised Code may be used for any appropriate purpose, including those enumerated in Chapters 6141., 6151., 6153., and 6155. of the Revised Code, notwithstanding any provisions of the Revised Code. Such work shall be done as prescribed by the county board of reclamation.

...Any landowner or political subdivision within a county, after the creation of a board of reclamation by the board of county commissioners, may file an application with the county engineer asking that the county dredging equipment be used to reclaim his land. This application shall be submitted to the board of reclamation within twenty days after the date of filing. The board shall conduct an investigation of the appl...

...When the use of dredging equipment is authorized under section 6156.04 of the Revised Code, the applicant shall be charged with an amount equal to the actual cost of labor, depreciation, and fuel furnished by the county. The county auditor may accept cash payment or may assess such amount on the county tax duplicate to be collected from the applicant as other county taxes are collected. In the event an assessment is ...

... The "great lakes basin compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state as a party thereto with any other state or province which, pursuant to Article II of said compact, has legally joined in the compact as follows: GREAT LAKES BASIN COMPACT The party states solemnly agree: Article I The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint or co-operative action: (A) To promot...

...Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to section 6161.01 of the Revised Code shall identify any agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

...In pursuance of Article IV of the compact, as set forth in section 6161.01 of the Revised Code, there shall be five commissioners on the great lakes commission from this state. One of the commissioners shall be the director of the department of natural resources, one shall be the director of environmental protection, one shall be a member of the senate who shall be appointed by the president of the senate, one shall...

...There is hereby granted to the great lakes commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the great lakes basin compact set forth in section 6161.01 of the Revised Code and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of this state shall do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions necessary to or incidental to th...