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SECTION 118.   FORFEITURE
   If any action shall be instituted or prosecuted directly or indirectly by the grantee of any such grant, or by its stockholders or creditors, to set aside or have declared void any of the terms of any such grant, the whole of such grant may be thereupon forfeited and annulled at the option of the Council to be expressed by ordinance. All such grants shall make provision for the declaration of a forfeiture by the Council for the violation by the grantee of any of the terms thereof.
SECTION 119.   STRICT CONSTRUCTION
   All franchises or privileges for the occupation of the streets shall be strictly construed in favor of the City and no franchise or privilege shall be held to have been granted unless specified in clear and unmistakable terms.
SECTION 120.   FREE CARRIAGE OF POLICEMEN, FIREMEN AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTORS
   EDITOR'S NOTE: The provisions of this section were repealed by the electors on May 4, 2010.
SECTION 121.   ASSIGNMENT
   No grant, franchise or privilege shall be leased, assigned or otherwise alienated except with the consent of the Council expressed by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of its members. (Amended 11-6-84)
SECTION 122.   GENERAL PROVISIONS
   Nothing in this Charter contained shall operate in any way, except as herein specifically stated, to limit the Council in the exercise of any of its lawful powers respecting public utilities, or to prohibit the Council from imposing in any such grant such further restriction and provisions as it may deem to be in the public interest provided only that the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter or the Constitution of the State.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 123.   GENERAL LAWS TO APPLY
   All general laws of the State applicable to Municipal corporations, now or hereafter enacted, and which are not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter, or with ordinances or resolutions hereafter enacted by the Council, shall be applicable to this City; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Charter shall be construed as limiting the power of the Council to enact any ordinance or resolution not in conflict with the laws of the Ohio and the Constitution of the State or with express provisions of this Charter.
SECTION 124.   ORDINANCES CONTINUED IN FORCE
   All ordinances and resolutions in force at the time of the taking effect of this Charter, not inconsistent with its provisions, shall continue in full force and effect until amended or repealed.
SECTION 125.   CONTINUANCE OF PRESENT OFFICERS
   All persons holding office at the time this Charter goes into effect shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been otherwise made in accordance with the provisions of this Charter for the performance of the duties of or the discontinuance of any such office. When such provision shall have been made, the term of any such officer shall expire and the office be abolished. The powers which are conferred and the duties which are imposed upon any officer, board, commission or department of the City under the laws of the State shall, if such officer, board, commission or department is abolished by this Charter, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officer, board or department upon whom are imposed corresponding functions, duties and powers under the provisions of this Charter.
SECTION 126.   MUNICIPAL COURT, BOARD OF EDUCATION AND BOARD OF HEALTH
   All general laws of the State of Ohio shall apply with reference to the authority, power, election, qualification, term, organization and duties of the Municipal Court and the judge thereof, the Board of Education and the members thereof, and the Board of Health and the members thereof, and their employees and appointees; and which shall in no wise be limited, defined or restricted by this Charter or any resolution or ordinance passed by the Council.
SECTION 127.   CONTINUANCE OF CONTRACTS AND VESTED RIGHTS
   All vested rights of the City shall continue to be vested and shall not in any manner be affected by the adoption of this Charter, unless otherwise herein expressly provided to the contrary. All contracts entered into by the City or for its benefit prior to the taking effect of this Charter shall continue in full force and effect. All public work begun prior to the taking effect of this Charter shall be continued and perfected hereunder. Public improvements for which legislative steps shall have been taken under laws in force at the time this Charter takes effect may be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such laws.
SECTION 128.   OATH OF OFFICE
   All officers before taking office shall take an oath of office to uphold the laws and constitution of the United States, the laws and constitution of the State of Ohio, and the ordinances, resolutions, and Charter of the City of Lima, Ohio. (Amended 5-7-13)
AMENDMENTS
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