Ohio Code § 6101.27

§ 6101.27.

At the time of making its order organizing a conservancy district or at any suitable

time thereafter, the court shall appoint three appraisers to constitute the board

of appraisers of the conservancy district, who shall in every case where appraisers

are appointed under this chapter, be recommended by the board of directors of the

conservancy district.  The board of appraisers shall appraise the lands or other property within and outside

the district to be acquired for rights of way, reservoirs, and other works of the

district, and shall appraise all benefits and damages accruing to all lands within

or outside the district and all benefits accruing to public corporations as entities

by reason of the execution of the official plan.  The appraisers shall be residents of this state, who may or may not own lands within

the district.  Each of the appraisers, before taking up his duties, shall take and subscribe to

an oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as an appraiser,

and that he will make a true report of the work done by him.  The appraisers, at their first meeting, shall elect one of their own number chairman,

and the secretary of the board of directors or his deputy shall be ex officio secretary

of the board of appraisers during its continuance in office.  A majority of the board of appraisers constitutes a quorum, and a concurrence of

the majority in any matter within the board's duties shall be sufficient for its determination.  The appraisers shall continue to hold their offices until excused by the court,

and the court shall fill all vacancies in the board of appraisers, or may appoint

a new board of appraisers for subsequent appraisals, as occasion requires.  A new board of appraisers, if appointed, shall fill all the requirements of the

board of appraisers and perform its duties.