Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 703.06 (2026)

Proclamation of population

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October 1, 1953

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House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

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When the result of any federal census or an enumeration as provided in sections 703.02 to 703.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is officially made known to the secretary of state, he forthwith shall issue a proclamation, stating the names of all municipal corporations having a population of five thousand or more, and the names of all municipal corporations having a population of less than five thousand, together with the population of all such municipal corporations. A copy of the proclamation shall forthwith be sent to the mayor of each such municipal corporation, which copy shall forthwith be transmitted to the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, read therein, and made a part of the records thereof. Thirty days after the issuance of such proclamation each municipal corporation shall be a city or village as the case may be.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1955–2015 · leading case: In Re Mingo Junction Saf. Forces Ass'n, Local No. 1, 598 N.E.2d 1233 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1991).

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In Re Mingo Junction Saf. Forces Ass'n, Local No. 1, 598 N.E.2d 1233 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1991). · cites it 4× “The hearing, however, need not be an evidentiary hearing where, as in this case, the issue to be determined is a legal issue, i.”

The State Ex Rel. Lange v. King, Clerk, 2015-Ohio-3440, 43 N.E.3d 409. “Pursuant to R.C. 703.06, on April 13, 2011, after the 2010 federal census, the Ohio Secretary of State classified Newton Falls as a village.”

State ex rel. Brubaker v. Brown, 163 Ohio St. 241 (1955). · cites it 14× “It is pointed out that the proclamation, provided for in Section 703.06, Revised Code, is to state “the names of all municipal corporations” and “the population of all such municipal corporations” and is to be sent to “the mayor of each such municipal corporation”; and that the…”

Bd. of Commissioners v. City of Elyria, 174 Ohio St. (N.S.) 135 (Ohio 1962). · cites it 4× “Glenn Baxter, contend that such declaration was invalid for the reason that the result of such census was not ‘ ‘ officially made known to the Secretary of State” as required by Section 703.06, Eevised Code. It is the meaning of the phrase, “officially made known,” which raises…”

State Ex Rel. Mrozik v. City of Brunswick, 231 N.E.2d 495 (Ohio Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 2× “) Section 703.06, Revised Code: “When the result of any federal census or an enumeration as provided in Sections 703.”

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