Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.04
When the board of township trustees determines to proceed as provided in division (C) of section 5571.02 of the Revised Code and appoints a highway superintendent, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall, before entering upon the discharge of the official duties of superintendent, give bond to the state, for the use of the township, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the official duties of superintendent. The bond shall be approved by the board of township trustees and filed with the township fiscal officer. The board of township trustees shall fix the compensation of the superintendent, which compensation shall be paid from the township road fund. The compensation and all proper and necessary expenses, when approved by the board of township trustees, shall be paid by the township fiscal officer upon the fiscal officer's warrant.
R.C. § 5571.04