Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. State, ex rel. Ketcham

By an act approved March 4, 1891 (Acts 1891, p. 84, §7631 Burns 1894), it was provided, amongst other things, that the Secretary of State should collect from certain corporations certain named fees, for the benefit of the State, as follows: First, for filing articles of incorporation; second, for filing a certificate of increase of capital stock; and, third, for filing “the articles of agreement, or a certified copy or duplicate thereof, of any consolidation of corporations having a capital stock.” It was there further provided that “said articles of agreement of consolidations shall be…