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Section 703.20 | Surrender of corporate power by villages.

Ohio Revised Code
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Title 7 Municipal Corporations
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Chapter 703 Classification
 
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Effective:
October 1, 1953
Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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Villages may surrender their corporate powers upon the petition to the legislative authority of the village of at least forty per cent of the electors thereof, to be determined by the number voting at the last regular municipal elecion and by an affirmative vote of a majority of such electors at a special election, which shall be provided for by the legislative authority, and conducted, canvassed, and the result certified and made known as at regular municipal elections. If the result of the election is in favor of such surrender, the village clerk shall certify the result to the secretary of state and the county recorder, who shall record it in their respective offices, and thereupon the corporate powers of such village shall cease.

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