Ohio Rev. Code § 743.16
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§ 743.16. Regulation and protection of aqueducts and water pipes
Official statutory text
October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The aqueducts and water pipes mentioned in sections 743.12 to 743.15 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be so constructed and laid as not to interfere unnecessarily with the use of any streets, roads, alleys, public highways, and public grounds, and the municipal corporation so extending and establishing any part of its water works outside of its limits shall have the same power and jurisdiction to prevent or punish pollution of or injury to the water so conveyed or injury to the water works or any portion thereof as it has within the limits of the municipal corporation.
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