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Ohio Rev Code § 4967.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.18 | Taxation of Property of Railroad Located in This State.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|That part of the railroad of a consolidated or surviving railroad company located in this state, and all its real and personal property in this state, shall be listed for taxation and taxed in the same manner as the railroad and property of other railroad companies in this state. To ascertain the proportion of the rolling machinery subject to taxation here, the officer listing it shall ascertain the value of all the rolling machinery of the company, and return a sum bearing such proportion to the value of the whole, as the length of such railroad in this state bears to the length of the whole railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.19 | Actions Against New Company.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Suits may be brought and maintained against the new company formed by a consolidation of railroad companies, or against the surviving company in the case of a merger, in the courts of this state for all causes of action, in the same manner as against other companies.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.20 | Proof of Charters Not Required.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In any suit brought to charge a consolidated or surviving railroad company with a liability of any company party to the consolidation or merger, it is not necessary to produce or prove:(A) The charters of such companies;(B) The laws of the several states under and by virtue of which such consolidation or merger was effected;(C) The original articles of consolidation or merger.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.21 | Two or More Companies Owning a Road May Divide and Dispose of It.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When two or more railroad companies are owners in common of the whole or a part of a railroad located within this state, and by reason of inequality in the amount of business done on such railroad by each company require a different degree and extent of improvement and development, such companies may enter into any arrangement they agree upon for enlarging, improving, developing, or increasing the facilities of such railroad or any part thereof. Such companies may make such division of the railroad and appurtenances thereon and execute and deliver each to the other, or to any other railroad company having authority to purchase it, such deeds of conveyance for the whole or part of such railroad as is agreed upon between such companies. This section does not impair the lawful lien of any creditor upon the railroad as conveyed.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.22 | Proceedings When Companies Cannot Agree on a Division.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the companies referred to in section 4967.21 of the Revised Code are unable to agree upon an equitable plan for improving and developing, or for the division and sale of, the railroad and appurtenances or part thereof so owned in common, either company may file with the public utilities commission a statement, under its seal, of the character and estimated cost of any addition or change in the nature of the roadbed, right of way, main tracks or sidetracks, bridges, culverts, buildings, structures, fixtures, or appurtenances, or any part thereof, of such railroad or part thereof, desired by such company, and of its inability to agree with the other joint owners in respect to making them. Upon receipt of such statement the commission, within thirty days of its filing, shall appoint a time when the owners of such railroad or part thereof may be heard respecting the reasonableness and necessity of such proposed additions or improvements, and give due notice in writing of the time and place of such hearing to each of the owners. The commission may make such order in respect to the reasonableness or necessity of the whole or any part of such additions or improvements, as well as the manner in which they are to be made, and the periods within which they shall be paid for, as is proper, and its decision in the matter is final.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.23 | Cost of Improvements.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The cost of the additions or improvements referred to in section 4967.22 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise agreed between the joint owners, shall be paid by them in proportion to their ownership in the joint property, irrespective of the amount of traffic which each owner may then have passing over such railroad. If either owner fails or refuses to pay the share of cost due from it on the basis fixed in this section, or within the period fixed by such commission, suit may be entered and judgment taken against that party.Such judgment shall be a valid lien upon the interest in such railroad or part thereof owned jointly of such party in default, and may be sold at public sale as in other cases upon execution. A railroad company having authority to own or operate a railroad in this state, may purchase such interest at such sale, and enjoy and exercise in respect thereto, all the rights, privileges, and franchises which were exercised or enjoyed by the company owning it up to the time of sale. The compulsory power of enforcing additions or improvements provided for in this section and section 4967.22 of the Revised Code does not extend to local or terminal depot or shop grounds or facilities, the joint use of which is not needed by all the joint owners.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.24 | Partition Not Compulsory.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Sections 4967.21 to 4967.23, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not imply or confer a right or power of compulsory partition of the joint property against the will of either of the joint owners, but it may be sold upon execution as provided in such sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.25 | Company Selling Interest May Purchase or Condemn Land Along Route.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If, pursuant to the agreement or to the proceedings provided for in sections 4967.21 to 4967.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, either railroad company sells or conveys, or suffers to be sold or conveyed, its interest in the railroad or part thereof so owned in common, such company may acquire by purchase or condemnation such land as it needs to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad along and adjacent to such part of its chartered route as was so sold or conveyed, and it shall have and enjoy all rights and franchises in respect to such newly acquired railroad as were held and enjoyed in respect to the railroad sold or conveyed.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.26 | Application in Case of Lease.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Sections 4967.21 to 4967.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, apply in case one or more railroad companies or owners in common has leased its interest in the portion of railroad owned in common, and the lessee of such interest may unite with the lessor in the agreement provided for in section 4967.21 of the Revised Code, or with such lessor and owner, be compelled to make or pay for the addition and improvements contemplated in such section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.01 | Sale of Roadbed and Right of Way.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A company, owning in whole or in part a roadbed and right of way for a railroad within this state, including those acquired by purchase at judicial sale, which, from lack of means or other cause, is unable to complete the construction of the proposed railroad theron, may sell, assign, and transfer it, or a part thereof, to any other company incorporated under the laws of this state, with authority to construct and operate a railroad over the same route, or any part thereof. The transfer shall include all work done upon such railroad, with all material furnished therefor, not exempted by the terms of the grant, and all rights, privileges, and easements, as fully as they are or may be possessed by the company making the transfer, and to the same extent, vest the title of and the right to enjoy them in such grantee.Such transfer shall be by deed, executed by the president of the company which is the grantor, in the manner provided for the conveyance of real estate, and for such consideration as the parties agree upon.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.02 | Consent to Sale by Stockholders.

Effective: October 7, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly|Before a transfer as provided by section 4969.01 of the Revised Code may be made, the president of the company shall call a meeting of its stockholders, at some convenient point on, or at a terminus of, the railroad, of which meeting he shall cause at least thirty days' notice to be published in a newspaper published in or in general circulation in each county in which such roadbed and right of way are situated. By a concurrent vote of two thirds in interest of the stock represented at such meeting by the owners thereof, in person or by proxy, the meeting may declare by resolution the inability of the company to complete its railroad, prescribe the terms of the proposed transfer of its roadbed and right of way, and direct the president of the company to execute the deed. All such proceedings, resolutions, and directions shall be recited in the deed and be recorded in the proper record of the company, and a copy of such record shall be delivered to the grantee.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.03 | Dissenting Stockholder May Retain Interest.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No transfer shall be made under section 4969.01 of the Revised Code against the dissent of any stockholder, expressly declared and filed in writing at the meeting provided by section 4969.02 of the Revised Code, without the guaranty of the grantee company that it will issue to him, certificated of its capital stock, equal in amount to his pro rata interest as a stockholder of the grantor, in the amount for which the property is sold.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.04 | Title Vests in Grantee.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The title to the property transferred, with the right to use, occupy, and enjoy it for all purposes proper in the construction, maintenance, and operation of a railroad thereon, shall pass to and vest in the grantee company, by the execution of the deed referred to by section 4969.01 of the Revised Code, to the same extent as the granting company might or could use, occupy, and enjoy it.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.05 | Certain Contracts of Sale Void Unless Recorded.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No contract for the sale of railroad equipment, rolling stock, or other personal property to be used in or about the operation of a railroad, by the terms of which the purchase money, in whole or part, is to be paid in the future, and in which it is stipulated or conditioned that the title to the property sold shall not vest in the vendee, but shall remain in the vendor until the purchase money has been fully paid, is valid against creditors or innocent purchasers for value, unless such contract is recorded, or a copy thereof is filed in the office of the secretary of state. When the contract is so recorded, or a copy thereof so filed, the title to the property sold, or contracted to be sold, shall not vest in the vendee, but remain in the vendor until the purchase money has been fully paid. Such stipulation or condition is and shall remain valid, notwithstanding the delivery of the property to and its possession by the vendee.The secretary of state, upon being paid the proper fees shall record any such contract, and shall file in his office a copy of any such contract, when it is delivered to him for that purpose. For every copy so filed he shall receive one dollar.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.06 | Parties May Provide for a Conditional Sale in a Lease.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any written contract for the renting, leasing, or hiring of railroad equipment, rolling stock, or other personal property to be used in or about the operation of a railroad, may stipulate or provide for a conditional sale of the property at the termination of such renting, leasing, or hiring, and may stipulate or provide that the rental reserved as paid, or when paid in full, shall be applied and treated as purchase money. Such contract may stipulate or provide that the title to such property shall remain in the lessor or vendor until the purchase money has been fully paid, notwithstanding delivery to and possession by the other party, subject to the requirement as to recording or filing contained in section 4969.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.07 | Sale of Equipment.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Sections 4969.05 and 4969.06 of the Revised Code apply, not only to contracts made with a railroad company as vendee or lessee, but also apply to all contracts which may be made with any interurban railroad or street railway company, or other company, corporation, or person as vendee or lessee, by which any such interurban railroad or street railway company, or other corporation, company, or person undertakes to purchase, rent, lease, or hire any railroad, or interurban railroad, or street railway equipment, cars, rolling stock, or other personal property, designed for use on, or in connection with a railroad or interurban railroad, or street railway in this or other states.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.08 | Receiver.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a railroad, the whole or part of which lies within this state, has been placed by order of a court in the hands of a receiver who has taken charge of and is operating it for the purpose of carrying passengers, freight, and doing such other things as ordinarily belong to the running and management of railroads, in his official capacity, such receiver may sue or be sued in the courts of this state without leave previously granted. No person shall act as such receiver unless he is a resident citizen of this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.09 | Application of Funds - Lien.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The earnings of a railroad in the hands of a receiver, and all other money which comes into his hands as receiver, shall be applied first to pay:(A) Costs and expenses of the suit in which he was appointed;(B) The expenses of operating and managing the railroad, including materials and supplies procured by him for it;(C) The liabilities incurred by him in such operation and management.Judgments recovered against a receiver for injuries to person or property, for wages of employees, for work done, or for materials furnished while he is operating or managing the railroad, shall be a lien on the funds in his hands as receiver, but shall affect him only in his trust capacity and not individually.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.10 | Receiver Must Deposit Money.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a railroad operated by a receiver is wholly within this state, all money which comes into his hands, whether from operating the railroad or otherwise, shall be kept and deposited in such place within this state as the court directs, until properly disbursed. If a part of the railroad lies in another state, the receiver shall deposit in this state at least such share of the funds in his hands as is proportioned to the value of the property of the railroad company within this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.11 | Venue - Service.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Actions may be brought against the receiver of a railroad, street railway, or an interurban railroad, in any county through or into which such railroad, street railway, or interurban railroad is constructed. Service of summons may be made on the receiver or superintendent of the railroad, street railway, or interurban railroad, or a ticket or freight agent in the employment of or acting for the receiver. No service made upon such agent is valid unless his office or place of business is in the county where the suit is brought.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.12 | Certain Railroads May Be Sold at Judicial Sale.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The real and personal property, roadbed, right of way, fixtures, and franchises of a railroad company in this state which has not completed, nor conveyed by deed of trust or mortage, any part of its railroad, and which is insolvent, and whose property is in the hands of a receiver appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, may be sold at judicial sale, and title thereto, with all the rights, liberties, faculties, and franchises, shall pass by such sale, and vest in the purchaser thereof, as fully as they had been possessed, exercised, and enjoyed by such company.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.13 | Receiver Must Petition for Sale.

Effective: October 7, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly|Before a sale under section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is ordered, the receiver shall file in the court his petition therefor, in which he shall set forth the names of the creditors of the company, with the sums due to each as nearly as can be ascertained, a statement of the company's assets, exclusive of its roadbed, rights of way, and franchises, and a pertinent description in general terms of the roadbed, right of way, and property so sought to be sold, and cause notice thereof to be published, for six consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published in and of general circulation in each of the counties in which any part of the roadbed is situated. Before the distribution of the proceeds of the sale any creditor may appear and set up his claim by answer, and have it determined by the court, if it is omitted from or inaccurately stated in the petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.14 | Order for Appraisement.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On proof of the publication of the notice required by section 4969.13 of the Revised Code, and being satisfied that a sale is necessary to pay the indebtedness of the company, the court shall order the sale of such railroad, roadbed, rights of way, property, and franchises, on such terms of payment as it deems proper, and issue its order to the receiver commanding that he cause them to be appraised by commissioners, selected by the court, skilled in the construction and value of such roadbeds as they may be called upon to appraise, having the qualifications of a freeholder, not less than three in number, and consisting of at least one from each county in which any part of the roadbed is situated. Such proceedings shall be had under the order as are provided in sales of real estate made by judicial order in other cases, so far as they are applicable.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.15 | Notice of Sale to Be Published.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Before a sale referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is made, notice thereof shall be given by publication, for six consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the counties through or in which such railroad is located, and also in some newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the cities of New York and Cincinnati, for at least thirty days prior to the day of sale. The sale shall not be made for less than two thirds of the appraised value of the property and rights, unless, upon their having been twice offered and not sold, the court orders a reappraisement.
Ohio Rev Code § 4969.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4969 | Railroad Sales; Railroad Receivers|Section 4969.16 | Confirmation of Sale and Deed - Distribution of Proceeds.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a sale referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is made and reported to the court, if satisfied that it was conducted according to law and its order, the court shall confirm the sale and order the receiver to execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for the railroad, roadbed, rights of way, real estate, fixtures, and franchises so sold.The proceeds of the sale, after paying the costs and expenses thereof and the unpaid expenses of the trust against the company, shall be distributed pro rata among all the creditors of the company.