Ohio Code § 5555.44

§ 5555.44.

When the compensation, damages, and expenses of an improvement, other than the portion

thereof to be specially assessed against benefited real estate, are to be paid in

part by the county and in part by the townships in which such improvement is situated,

under an agreement between the board of county commissioners and the boards of township

trustees entered into under section 5555.41 or 5555.43 of the Revised Code , the part of such compensation, damages, and expenses to be paid by the interested

townships may be paid from the proceeds of any levy made by the board of county commissioners

under section 5555.49 of the Revised Code or from the proceeds of any levy made by the boards of township trustees under section 5573.13 of the Revised Code .  When bonds are issued to provide funds for any such improvement, the shares of the

county and of the townships and of the real estate specially assessed may be provided

by a bond issue by the board of county commissioners under section 5555.51 of the Revised Code ;  or in lieu of such method of providing the necessary funds, the board of county

commissioners may issue bonds under section 5555.51 of the Revised Code in an amount sufficient to provide the share of the county and of the real estate

specially assessed and the remainder of the necessary funds, being the share of the

interested townships, may be provided by the boards of township trustees by an issue

of bonds under section 5573.14 of the Revised Code .