FOOTNOTES:
[1] See Appendix A, III, p. [280].
[2] Constitution of Ohio, Article XVIII, Section 11.
[3] See Appendix A, III, pp. [248], [278], [279].
[4] See Appendix A, III, pp. [272], [275].
[5] See Appendix, pp. [283], [284], [290], [294].
CHAPTER I
THE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF LAND
The ownership of land by the municipality is essential to the execution of many parts of a city plan. Certain acts of private owners which have a tendency to prevent the realization of a plan, either temporarily or for all time, may be enjoined by municipal regulation. Certain other acts in the furtherance of a plan may be induced by persuasion or compelled by administrative pressure. But at an early stage land or rights in land must be acquired for the public, and a municipality will be called upon to consider, first, whether it has a right to acquire or use land for a desired purpose; second, the methods of acquiring the land; and third, the equitable distribution of the cost of its acquisition.