Ohio Revised Code Title XLIX. Public Utilities § 4971.15

When a portion of the stock or bonds of a railroad company is held by the state, by a county, township, or municipal corporation, or by an executor, administrator, guardian, or otherwise in a fiduciary capacity, the governor, board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, legislative authority, or other authority of the municipal corporation, or person holding in fiduciary capacity, may become parties to an agreement for the reorganization of such company, and may control, exchange, or manage such stock or bonds according to the terms of the agreement and receive new stock or bonds to be issued in place of the original stock or bonds, which shall be held on the same terms and subject to all liens which attached to the original stock or bonds.