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Ohio Rev Code § 4961.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.17 | Submission of Plans to Legislative Authority.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Before an appropriation under section 4961.16 of the Revised Code may be made, there shall be submitted to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation general plans of the proposed structure showing the manner, character, and location of all supports, any part of which will be upon public ground, common landing, or wharf, and also the vertical and longitudinal clearances between the supports. No right to appropriate shall accrue to the railroad company until after it and the legislative authority have agreed upon the manner, terms, and conditions upon which the property may be used or occupied and the plans submitted have been approved by ordinance passed by a two-thirds vote of the legislative authority. Such ordinance shall be read on three separate days. The rules requiring such reading shall not be suspended.Such appropriation shall not be restrictive of the control by the public officers or authorities over such public ground, common, landing, or wharf, subject to the continued maintenance and use of such elevated track upon the conditions agreed upon.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.18 | Authorization of Extension of Line.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a railroad company desires to extend the line of its railroad beyond either of its previously designated termini, its president and board of directors may submit the question of such extension and change of termini to a meeting of its stockholders, to be called for that purpose by notice published for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper in general circulation in each county through or into which the railroad passes. If the holders of a majority of the stock, in person or by proxy, so determine, the president and board, or a majority of it, shall make a certificate of the fact, naming the place of the new termini of the road and the counties through or into which the extended line of railroad will pass, and file it in the office of the secretary of state. Such extension then shall be held to be a part of the original line of the railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.19 | Diversion of Road or Stream.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When it is necessary in the construction, reconstruction, alteration, or improvement of its railroad, or in making additions to or relocating such railroad, to cross a road or a stream of water, a railroad company may divert it from its location or bed, but without unnecessary delay it shall place such road or stream in such condition as not to impair its former usefulness.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.20 | Construction of Bridges - Use as Toll Bridges.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad company may construct its bridges so as to answer the ordinary purposes of travel and business, as well as for railroad purposes, and may demand and receive such rates of toll for the passage of individuals, vehicles of all kinds, or animals, as it fixes, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners of the county in which such bridge is erected. Rates of toll shall be uniform, shall be printed or painted and kept conspicuously posted in or near the tollhouse of the bridge, and may be revised and changed in the first week of each year. The company may compound and bargain with any person or party for the use of such bridge, by the month, quarter, or year. No company shall receive toll upon such a bridge if erected within one mile of a toll bridge previously constructed over the same stream.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.25 | Companies Must Use Same Bridge.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|When it becomes necessary for two or more railroads to cross any of the navigable waters of this state at or near the same point, by drawbridge or swing bridge, the companies or persons owning or controlling such railroads, if practicable, shall use the same bridge and approaches thereto. The right to use any such bridge and its approaches, or other similar structure, so situated and used as to make it necessary for the companies or persons owning or operating two or more railroads to agree upon a common use thereof, in order to comply with this section, when such companies or persons cannot so agree, may be appropriated by the company or persons owning or operating a railroad for which such use is desired, in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.26 | Petition - Contents.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|The petition to be filed in appropriation proceedings under section 4961.25 of the Revised Code, shall set forth the regulations according to which the joint use of the bridge and approaches, or other structure, are to be regulated. If their reasonableness in any part is denied by the defendant in the proceedings, the court shall hear and determine the issue and record its findings and order thereon, confirming or altering the regulations, as it deems just and reasonable.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.27 | Directors May Receive Subscriptions in Installments.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of directors of a railroad company which has expended in the construction of its railroad ten per cent of its authorized capital, and has obtained actual bona fide subscriptions to its capital stock to the amount of at least twenty per cent of it, may receive subscriptions to its capital stock, payable in such installments, dependent upon the completion of the whole or any part of its railroad so that cars may pass over it, as they deem expedient, and upon full payment thereof issue certificates of stock therefor. No subscriber to the stock authorized by this section is entitled to any of the privileges of a stockholder until his subscription is fully paid, nor for any purpose shall such subscriber be deemed a stockholder until the happening of the contingency upon which the installments on his subscription are made dependent.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.28 | Conditional Subscriptions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad company which has begun and partly built its railroad, but is unable to finish and operate it for want of means, may take subscriptions conditioned that the proceeds shall not be used or applied upon the debts of the company. All money or material collected upon such subscriptions, and all material or implements purchased with such money for the construction of the track, houses, depots, and rolling stock of the company, shall be exempt from execution, or other process or proceedings for the payment of the debts of the company so long as such money, material, or implements are used or designed for the construction of such track, houses, depots, and rolling stock.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.29 | Subscription to Aid Another Company.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad company may aid another in the construction of its railroad by means of subscription to its capital stock, or otherwise, for the purpose of forming a connection of the railroads of the companies, if the railroad of the company so aided will not when constructed form a competing railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.30 | Lease or Purchase of Another Railroad.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad company may lease or purchase any part or all of a railroad constructed, or in the course of construction, by another company, if the lines of their railroads are continuous or connected and not competing, on terms agreed upon between the companies. Railroads running or to be constructed to the tracks and property of a union depot company or terminal company, the use of which is enjoyed by either such lessor or lessee, or such vendor or purchaser, or to the tracks of another railroad over which either said lessor or lessee, or vendor or purchaser, has the right to operate by favor of a lease, or any trackage agreement, shall be held to be continuous or connected under this section. After such purchase the purchasing company shall be vested with all the rights and powers in respect to the location, construction, completion, and operation of such railroad, and of branches thereto of the company from which it was purchased, including the power to acquire and appropriate property for it, and be subject to all the duties, obligations, and restrictions of such company. The powers conferred by this section may be exercised by any company organized in this or any other state for the purpose of constructing, owning, and operating a line of railroad, and whether such connection is at the boundary line of this state, or at another place within or without this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.31 | Noncompetitive Companies May Make Beneficial Arrangements.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Two or more railroad companies whose railroads are connected and not competing may enter into any arrangement for their common benefit consistent with and calculated to promote the objects for which they were created. Railroads running or to be constructed to the tracks and property of a union depot company or terminal company, the use of which is enjoyed by either of such companies, or to the tracks of another railroad over which either of said companies has a right to operate by favor of a lease or any trackage agreement shall be held to be connected under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.32 | Procedure for Aid, Lease, and Purchase.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No aid shall be furnished, nor any purchase or lease perfected, as provided by sections 4961.29 to 4961.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code until a meeting of the stockholders of each of the railroad companies has been called for that purpose by the directors of such company, by written or printed notices addressed to each of the persons in whose names the capital stock of such company stands on its books, if their post-office address is known to the company, at least thirty days before the time of holding such meeting, and by a like notice published at least thirty days before the time of holding such meeting, in some newspaper in the municipal corporation where such company has its principal office or place of business. If all the stockholders are present at such meeting in person or by proxy, such notice may be waived in writing. At the meeting of stockholders, the proposed aid, lease, purchase, or sale shall be considered and a vote by ballot taken for its adoption or rejection. Each share of stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, except as may be otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, consolidation, or merger under which such company was formed. The ballots may be cast in person or by proxy. If the holders of outstanding shares of stock of such company representing at least two thirds, or such greater proportion as said articles of incorporation, consolidation, or merger require, of the voting power of all the stock of such company represented at such meeting, entitled to vote and voted on the question are for the adoption of such aid, lease, purchase, or sale, the officers and directors of such company shall then be authorized and empowered to carry such aid, lease, purchase, or sale into effect, and to cause to be executed and delivered, all agreements, deeds, or leases appropriate for said purpose. In any case in which a plan of reorganization of a company has been confirmed in reorganization proceedings, pursuant to the act of congress of July 1, 1898, entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," as amended, the trustee of such company, with the approval of the court having jurisdiction in the premises, may assent for and on behalf of all the stockholders of such company to any such purchase and no meeting of its stockholders pursuant to this section shall be required. Any purchase by such a company or its trustee may provide for the complete cancellation of all of the stock of the vendor if such stock is owned by the vendee or its trustee and such cancellation is consistent with such plan of reorganization.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.33 | Dissenting Stockholder May Sell Stock.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A stockholder of any railroad company, part or all of whose railroad is proposed to be leased or purchased or which it is proposed to aid by subscription, who refuses his assent to such sale, lease, or aid by subscription, and signifies it by notice in writing to the purchaser or lessee, or company subscribing such aid, within sixty days thereafter, on demand, shall be entitled to receive from such purchaser or lessee, or company subscribing such aid, previous to the consummation of such sale, lease, or aid, the average market value of his stock for six months next preceding the day of the meeting of the companies at which the sale, lease, or aid is approved, on surrendering the stock. If the stockholder and the purchaser, lessee, or company furnishing such aid cannot agree as to the value of the stock, the parties may submit the question to arbitration, to be conducted in accordance with the laws regulating arbitrations, so far as applicable, by three disinterested persons, to be appointed upon the motion of either of the parties by the judge of the court of common pleas of the county in which the owner of the stock resides, or, in case he is a nonresident of the state, or of any county through or into which the railroad passes, then the county in which the principal office of the company is kept.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.34 | Court May Appoint Arbitrators.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If a stockholder refuses to submit the question of the value of the stock to arbitration, as provided by section 4961.33 of the Revised Code, upon the application of a director of either of the companies parties to the contract, the proper judge shall appoint the arbitrators, who shall proceed to ascertain the value of the stock as if the question has been submitted by consent of both parties. If the party owning the stock refuses to receive the amount awarded him, the company may deposit it with the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the arbitration is held, which deposit shall operate as if payment were made to the owner of the stock.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.35 | Notice of Application.

Effective: October 7, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly|In all cases of arbitration under sections 4961.33 and 4961.34 of the Revised Code, the party desiring such arbitration shall give the opposite party at least ten days' notice of his intention to apply to the judge for the appointment of arbitrators, which notice shall be served in the manner provided for the service of the summons, and must specify the time and place of the hearing of the application. In cases of nonresidents, notice shall be by publication for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.36 | Lease of Railroad - Security Required.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No railroad company shall lease its road or any part thereof to another company, whether of this or any other state, unless the lessor receives full and adequate security for the payment of the rental and for the preservation of its property in as good condition as on entering into possession of such property. If the lessee fails to pay such rental promptly when due, such lease shall be void at the option of the lessor. The company to whom a railroad is leased, if a corporation of any other state, shall be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities, and duties of a railroad company incorporated within this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.37 | Lessor and Lessee Jointly Liable.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Notwithstanding the lease as provided in section 4961.36 of the Revised Code the corporation of this state lessor therein, shall remain liable as if it operated the railroad itself, and both the lessor and lessee shall be jointly liable upon all rights of action accruing to any person for negligence or default growing out of the operation and maintenance of such railroad, or in any wise connected with it, and may be jointly sued in the courts of this state of proper jurisdiction and prosecuted to final judgment as in other cases of joint liability. Service may be had upon such companies, or either of them, by the service of process upon any officer or agent of either of the companies.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.38 | Dissolution of Certain Companies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad company which has been in existence three years, and has not begun to build the railroad described in its articles of incorporation, or whose railroad, if commenced, has been abandoned for three years, may be dissolved by a vote of two thirds of its stockholders at a meeting called for that purpose by its president, notice of which shall be published in each county through or into which the line of the proposed railroad passes at least thirty days before the meeting is held.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.39 | Lease of Right of Way to Be Recorded.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|When the grant of a right of way or easement is not in the form of a lawfully executed deed or lease, the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, upon the request of the company owning the right of way or easement, shall record such grant in the official records and index it. Such record, or a copy thereof certified by the county recorder, shall be received in evidence in all courts and places in the same manner and to the same effect as the original. The correctness of such record or copy may be impeached by any interested party by competent proof. The county recorder is entitled to the usual fee for recording such grants and certifying copies thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.40 | Owner of Land Leased for Right of Way Not to Be Taxed.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Each railroad company owning and occupying a right of way or easement in lands, either by agreement with the owners or by virtue of an appropriation proceeding, shall present to the county auditor of the county in which the land is situated a statement of the quantity embraced within the right of way or easement. Such quantity shall be deducted by the auditor from the land on the tax duplicate so that the owners shall not be required to pay taxes on such land. A company becoming the owner and occupant of any such right of way or easement, within six months after so becoming the owner, shall present such statement to the auditor. Upon the failure of the company to make the statement the owner of the land may make it.
Ohio Rev Code § 4961.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4961 | Special Powers of Railroads|Section 4961.41 | Taxation of Land Used as Right of Way.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any company using or occupying any land as a right of way, without paper title or contract of record therefor, shall present a correct survey and plat of such land, exhibiting the quantity in such right of way taken from the lands of an owner abutting on it, as it then stands on the tax duplicate of such county, to the county auditor of the county in which the land is situated. The auditor shall charge such land, so used or occupied by any such company, to it on his duplicate, and such relative quantity shall be deducted by him from the land on the tax duplicate, so that the abutting owners shall not be required to pay the taxes thereon. All costs of such survey, plat, and transfer shall be paid by the company. Upon the failure of a company to have such survey, plat, and transfer made, the owners of such abutting land may have it made and recover the costs thereof in an action against the company before any court having jurisdiction thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 4963.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4963 | Trains; Equipment|Section 4963.01 | Posting Time of Arrival of Trains.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A company or person operating a railroad within this state shall place a blackboard, at least four feet in length and two feet in width, in a conspicuous place in each passenger depot of such company located at any station in the state at which there is a telegraph office. Such company or person must have written upon such board, at least ten minutes before the schedule time for the arrival of each passenger train stopping regularly upon such railroad at such station, whether such train is on schedule time or not, and if late, how much.For each violation of this section, such company or person so neglecting or refusing to comply with it, shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state, one half of which sum shall go to the party commencing proceedings, and the remainder shall be paid to the treasurer of the township or municipal corporation in which such proceedings are had.