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                                CSB BANCORP, INC.

                                  EXHIBIT 31.1

         CEO CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
President and Chief Executive Officer

I, John J. Limbert, certify that:

         1.   I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of CSB Bancorp, Inc.;

         2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
              statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
              necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
              circumstances under which such statements were made, not
              misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

         3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
              financial information included in this report, fairly present in
              all material respects the financial condition, results of
              operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
              periods presented in this report;

         4.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
              for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
              procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
              15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

                  a)         Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
                             or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
                             to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
                             that material information relating to the
                             registrant, including its consolidated
                             subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
                             those entities, particularly during the period in
                             which this report is being prepared;

                  b)         Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
                             disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
                             this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
                             of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
                             the end of the period covered by this report based
                             on such evaluation; and

                  c)         Disclosed in this report any change in the
                             registrant's internal control over financial
                             reporting that occurred during the registrant's
                             most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
                             fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
                             that has materially affected, or is reasonably
                             likely to materially affect, the registrant's
                             internal control over financial reporting; and

         5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
              based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
              financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
              committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons
              performing the equivalent functions):


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                  a)         All significant deficiencies and material
                             weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
                             control over financial reporting which are
                             reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                             registrant's ability to record, process, summarize
                             and report financial information; and

                  b)         Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                             management or other employees who have a
                             significant role in the registrant's internal
                             control over financial reporting.

Date: 11/14/03
                                                      /s/ John J. Limbert
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                                                      John J. Limbert
                                                      President and
                                                      Chief Executive Officer

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