Ohio Revised Code Title LXI. Water Supply Sanitation Ditches § 6101.84

(1) That on the _____ day of __________, _____, pursuant to the Conservancy Law of Ohio, there was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of __________ County, Ohio, the petition of __________ and others for the establishment of a Conservancy District to be known as __________ Conservancy District.

(2) That the lands sought to be included in said District comprise lands in __________ and __________ Counties, Ohio, described substantially as follows:

Beginning on the north line of __________ County at its point of intersection with the west bank of the __________ River; thence west along the north line of __________ County to the high bluffs facing said __________ River on the west; thence following the base of the line of said bluffs to the north line of the right of way of the __________ Railroad; thence west along the north right of way line of said Railroad to the center line of __________ Avenue in the Village of __________; thence south along the center line of __________ Avenue to the __________ Pike; thence southeasterly along the __________ Pike to the southeasterly line of the right of way of the __________ Railroad; thence southeasterly along said right of way line to the corporate limits of the City of __________; thence with said corporation line southerly, easterly, and northerly to the southerly right of way line of the main track of the __________ Railroad; thence easterly along said last named right of way line to the boundary line between __________ Counties; thence north along said County line to the southerly line of __________ County; thence easterly along the dividing line between __________ Counties to the easterly line of the right of way of the __________ Railroad; thence northerly along said right of way line to its intersection with the __________ Pike; thence westerly along said Pike to the center line of the bridge over __________ Creek; thence up said Creek and along the center line thereof to the north line of __________ County; thence west to the place of beginning.

Or, if found more convenient, the lands sought to be included in the District may be described as follows:

All of Township __________ in Range __________ between the __________ Railroad and the __________ River; the following lands in __________ Township and __________ Range; Section __________ and the __________ half of Section __________; also all lands within the corporate limits of the City of __________ etc.

(3) That a public hearing on said petition will be had in said Court on _____ the _____ day of __________, _____, at the hour of _____ o'clock ___M. by the Court of Common Pleas of __________ County, at the Courthouse in the City of __________ County, Ohio.

All persons and public corporations interested will be given the opportunity to be heard at the time and place above specified.

Dated __________, Ohio, __________, _____”

(1) That it has jurisdiction of the parties to and the subject matter of this proceeding.

(2) That the purposes for which said District is established are:

And that it is a public necessity.

(3) That the public safety, health, convenience, and welfare will be promoted by the organization of a Conservancy District substantially as prayed in said petition (if additional lands are added by petition) except, that the following additional lands at the petition of the owners thereof should be and hereby are included in said District:

(4) That the boundaries of said District as modified by the last finding herein are as follows: (Here insert corrected boundaries of district)

(5) That the said territory last above described should be erected into and created a Conservancy District under the Conservancy Law of Ohio under the corporate name of __________ Conservancy District.

Wherefore, it is by the Court ordered, adjudged, and decreed:

That the territory as above described be, and the same hereby is erected into and created a Conservancy District under the Conservancy Law of Ohio under the corporate name of __________ Conservancy District, with its office or principal place of business at __________, in __________ County, Ohio. (If directors are appointed at the same time) And the following persons are hereby appointed directors of said Conservancy District:

__________, for the term of three years,

__________, for the term of four years (if the district includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties),

__________, for the term of five years,

__________, for the term of six years (if the district includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties),

__________, for the term of seven years, who are hereby directed to qualify and proceed according to law.

(6) For consideration of other matters herein, this cause is retained on the docket.

(1) That on the _____ day of __________, _____, the Board of Directors of The __________ Conservancy District duly levied an assessment upon all the benefited property and public corporations in said District in the aggregate sum of $ _____, has caused the same to be recorded upon the Assessment Record of said District, and that said Assessment Record is now on file in the office of the District at __________.

(2) That the assessment against any parcel of land or any public corporation may be paid to the Treasurer of The __________ Conservancy District at any time on or prior to __________, _____, without costs and without interest, and if so paid a discount of ten per cent of the assessment will be allowed according to law.

(3) That as soon after the _____ day of __________, _____, as conveniently may be, the Board of Directors of said District will divide the uncollected assessment into convenient installments, provide for the collection of interest on the unpaid installments, and issue bonds bearing interest in anticipation of the collection of the several installments of said assessment pursuant to the Conservancy Law of Ohio.

(1) That heretofore on the _____ day of __________, _____, the Court of Common Pleas of __________ County, Ohio, duly entered a final decree erecting and creating __________ Conservancy District and appointing a Board of Directors therefor.

(2) That thereafter this Court duly appointed

__________

__________

__________

__________ (if the district included all or part of more than sixteen counties)

__________ (if the district includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties)

to be the Board of Appraisers for said District. That said Board of Appraisers on the _____ day of __________, _____, filed its report recommending that the following described lands, not originally included in the District, be added thereto:

(Here describe generally the lands which the Report of the Board of Appraisers recommends should be added to the District).

(3) That on __________, the _____ day of __________, _____, (or as soon thereafter as the convenience of the Court will permit), at the Courthouse in __________ of __________, Ohio, the Court of Common Pleas of __________ County, Ohio, will hear all persons and public corporations interested upon the question whether said lands should be added to and included in said __________ Conservancy District.

(1) That heretofore on the _____ day of __________, _____, the Court of Common Pleas of __________ County, Ohio, duly entered a decree erecting and creating __________ Conservancy District and appointing a Board of Directors therefor.

(2) That thereafter this Court duly appointed ____________________________________________________________ the Board of Appraisers for said District. That said Board of Appraisers on the _____ day of __________, _____, filed its Appraisals of Benefits and Damages and of land to be taken as follows: (Here insert general description of land appraised)

The said appraisal of benefits and damages and of land to be taken is now on file in the office of the clerk of this court.

(3) All public corporations and all persons, owners of or interested in the property described in said Report, whether as benefited property or as property taken and damaged (whether said taken or damaged property lies within or without said District), desiring to contest the appraisals as made and returned by the Board of Appraisers, must file their objections in said court on or before the _____ day of __________, _____, (here insert a date thirty days after the publication of the notice) and a hearing on said appraisal will be had on the _____ day of __________, _____, (here insert a date not less than forty, or more than fifty, days after the date of the publication of this notice, as fixed by the court) in the City of __________, Ohio, at which time an opportunity will be afforded all objectors to be heard upon their several objections.

(1) That on the _____ day of __________, _____, the Board of Directors of The __________ Conservancy District duly levied an assessment upon all the benefited property and public corporations in said District in the aggregate sum of $ _____, together with interest, and duly apportioned said assessment to and levied said assessment upon each tract of land or other property and each public corporation in said District in proportion to the benefits thereto.

(2) That the said assessment and the apportionment thereof upon the benefited lands and public corporations have been recorded in the Conservancy Assessment Record of The __________ Conservancy District which contains a notation of the items of property and the public corporations to which benefits have been appraised, the total amount of benefits appraised against each item or public corporation, and the total assessment levied against each item or public corporation.

(3) That the Conservancy Assessment Record of The __________ Conservancy District contains a true and correct record of the benefits approved and confirmed by the Court and of the assessment levied by the Board of Directors thereof on _____ day of __________, _____.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the President and Secretary, respectively, of the Board of Directors of The __________ Conservancy District have hereunto set their hands this _____ day of __________, _____.

(1) That on the _____ day of __________, _____, the Board of Directors of The __________ Conservancy District determined, ordered, and levied the Annual Levy of _____ (year) upon all the benefited property and public corporations in said District in the aggregate sum of $ _____ for the account of the Bond Retirement Fund of said District and pursuant to and being a part of assessments heretofore levied.

(2) That the said Board of Directors has duly apportioned said Annual Levy to all of the benefited properties and public corporations in said District and that the respective amounts of said Annual Levy imposed upon the benefited properties and public corporations have been recorded in the Assessment record of The __________ Conservancy District, which contains a schedule thereof.

(3) That on the _____ day of __________, _____, the Board of Directors of The __________ Conservancy District duly levied a maintenance assessment for the year _____, in the aggregate sum of $ _____ for the account of the Maintenance Fund of said District. That said maintenance assessment has been duly apportioned to the benefited properties and public corporations in said District in proportion to benefits and that the amounts of said maintenance assessment imposed upon the properties and public corporations in said District have been recorded in the Conservancy Assessment record of The __________ Conservancy District.

(4) That the Conservancy Assessment record contains a true and correct record of the Annual Levy of _____ (year) and of the maintenance assessment for the year _____ as determined, ordered, and levied by the Board of Directors of The __________ Conservancy District on the _____ day of __________, _____.

(5) That the said amounts of said Annual Levy and of said maintenance assessment shall be collectible and payable in the year _____ in the sums specified at the same time that the state and county taxes are due and collectible.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the President and Secretary, respectively, of the Board of Directors of the __________ Conservancy District have hereunto set their hands this _____ day of __________, _____.