plication for the purpose of becoming incorporated, shall pay to him fees as follows: All companies having a capital stock of $2,500 and under shall pay the sum of $30; and all companies having a capital stock of over $2,500, and not over $5,000 shall pay the sum of $50; and all companies having a capital stock of over $5,000 shall pay in addition to the said sum of $50, the sum of $1 for each $1,000 of capital stock over $5,000. All corporations at present organized and doing business under the laws of this State, or that may be hereafter organized, shall pay a fee in addition to all other fees at present required by law, the sum of $1 for each $1,000 of increase of such capital stock: Provided that no company now incorporated, or which may be hereafter incorporated under the laws of this State, shall acquire a franchise by increase of capital stock over $2,500 and not over $5,000, for a less sum than $50, and over $5,000, in addition to the said sum of $50, the sum of $1 for each $1,000 increase of capital stock, and $1 for filing certificate of such increase: And provided, further, that this Act shall not apply to corporations incorporated under the law providing for the incorporation of homestead associations and building and loan associations, nor to religious corporations, nor corporations not for pecuniary profit: And provided, further, that any company or corporation, being a public utility as defined in section 10 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the regulation of public utilities," approved June 30, 1913, in force January 1, 1914, shall file its papers in the office of the Secretary of State and shall pay to the Secretary of State, the fees herein provided upon such amount of stock as shall be authorized by the Public Utilities Commission, or any other commission which may by law be empowered. to pass upon and authorize the issuance of stock before the issuance thereof in any amount by such corporation, and for each subsequent increase of stock authorized by such commission, such public utilities. corporation shall pay to the Secretary of State, fees at the same rate before the issuance thereof in any amount; and provided, further, that said public upon the renewal or extension of the charter of any public utility, said public utility shall, before renewal or extension of its charter, pay to the Secretary of State, fees on its outstanding capital stock at the rate herein before provided.

FILED June 29, 1917.

This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, Sundays excepted, the General Assembly being in session, it has thereby become a law. Witness my hand this twenty-ninth day of June, A. D. 1917. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, “An Act to regulate the admission of foreign corporations for profit to do business in the State of Illinois," approved May 18, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois[,] represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the admission of foreign corporations for profit to do business in the State of Illinois," approved May 18, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, as subsequently amended, be and hereby is amended by adding thereto five additional sections to be numbered 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d and 5e, respectively which shall read as follows:

5a. Every foreign corporation heretofore or hereafter admitted to do business in the State of Illinois under the provisions of any statute, other than insurance companies, building and loan companies, and surety companies, in addition to its charter or articles of incorporation, shall keep on file in the office of the Secretary of State a duly authenticated copy of each and every instrument amending its charter, and every foreign corporation other than insurance companies, building and loan companies, and surety companies, heretofore or hereafter admitted to do business in this State under any foreign corporations statute that increases or which has increased the proportion or amount of its capital stock represented in the State of Illinois, shall file a statement showing such increase with the Secretary of State and pay the same fees as are paid by domestic corporations upon increases in capital stock.

5b. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to propound interrogatories from time to time to officers of such foreign corporations doing business in this State to ascertain the proportion of capital stock actually being represented by property located and business transacted in the State of Illinois, which proportion shall be determined by averag ing the percentage of the total business of the corporation transacted in Illinois with the percentage of the total tangible property located in this State. If no tangible property is used in the business of the corporation, the proportion of capital stock represented shall be determined with reference only to the percentage of the total business of the corporation transacted in Illinois. In the event that the foreign corporation making application for license has capital stock of no par value, its shares for the purpose of fixing the license fee shall be considered to be of the par value of one hundred dollars ($100) per share.

5c. Whenever it shall appear from the statement filed by any such foreign corporation, or from answers to interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of State that the proportion of the capital stock of such foreign corporation represented in the State of Illinois is greater than

the amount theretofore paid upon by the corporation, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to send notice by registered mail to the president, secretary, or the Illinois statutory agent of such corporation of record in his office of the amount due the State of Illinois, and if the amount due is not paid within thirty days after date of the receipt of said notice, or within such extension of time as may be granted, the Secretary of State shall revoke the authority of such corporation to do business in Illinois and shall file with the certified copy of the charter of the corporation on file in his office a certificate of revocation, and thereafter said corporation shall not be entitled to transact business in this State without paying fees for and obtaining a new certificate of authority.

5d. Any foreign corporation admitted to do business in the State. under the provisions of this Act that desires to withdraw from the State of Illinois may do so by surrendering its license and filing with the Secretary of State an affidavit, sworn to by the president and secretary of the corporation, wherein it is stated that no amount of the capital stock of the corporation is represented by property located and business transacted in this State; that the corporation has fully complied with the laws of Illinois; and that it agrees that service thereafter may be had upon the corporation in any suit of law or in equity based upon contracts or torts or causes of action arising in Illinois during the time the corporation was licensed to transact business in this State, by serving the person who is the agent of the corporation at the time said certificate of withdrawal is filed.

5e. No foreign corporation shall be allowed to file in the office of the Secretary of State an amendment to its charter wherein it adopts or assumes the same name or a name similar to that of a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, or to that of a corporation organized under the laws of any other state or country that is licensed to transact business in Illinois; and the filing of any article of amendment shall not enlarge or alter the object or purposes of the corporation set forth. in the license issued by the Secretary of State: Provided, that any for eign corporation whose license has not been canceled for cause may apply for and receive from the Secretary of State a new license upon payment of the same fees as are charged for the preparation of certified copies of records.

APPROVED June 22, 1917.

HOMESTEAD LOAN ASSOCIATION.

§ 7a. Joint ownership.

1. Amends Act of 1879, by adding section 7a.

(HOUSE BILL No. 597. APPROVED JUNE 25, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to enable associations of persons to become a body corporate to raise funds to be loaned only among the members of such associations," in force July 1, 1879, as subsequently amended, adding a new section thereto, to be known as section seven-a (7a).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act

to enable associations of persons to become a body corporate to raise funds to be loaned only among the members of such associations," in force July 1, 1879, as subsequently amended, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section, to be known as section seven-a (7a), to read as follows:

§ 7a. (JOINT OWNERSHIP.) Shares may be issued, in the names of two persons and the survivor; and in the event of the death of either, the association shall be liable thereon only to the survivor, and while both are living payment to either shall discharge the liability to both. The joint ownership of shares shall not confer the right to vote to a greater extent than if said shares were held by an individual.

APPROVED June 25, 1917.

NOT FOR PROFIT-RESTORATIONS OF CHARTERS.
§ 3. Emergency.

§ 1. Amends section 2, Act of 1905.

§ 2. Restoration of charter-fee.

(SENATE BILL NO. 153. APPROVED JUNE 22, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to restore charters of all corporations organized not for pecuniary profit, including religious corporations, existing by virtue of any general or special law of this State, prior to July 1, 1903," approved and in force May 13, 1905, by amending section two (2) thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act. to restore charters of all corporations organized not for pecuniary profit, including religious corporations, existing by virtue of any general or special law of this State prior to July 1, 1903," approved and in force May 13, 1905, be, and the same is hereby amended by amending section two (2) thereof, so that the said section when amended shall read as follows:

§ 2. Any corporation not for profit, including all eleemosynary and religious corporations, or associations heretofore incorporated by virtue of any general or special law of this State and whose charter was cancelled by the Secretary of State on his records for failing to comply with sections 2 and 7 of an Act entitled, "An Act to require corporations to make annual report to the Secretary of State and providing for the cancellation of articles of incorporation for failure to do so, and to repeal a certain Act therein named," approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, may, upon application to the Secretary of State made not later than January 1, 1920, accompanied by a fee of five ($5.00) dollars and a statement that the corporation making such application has since the cancellation of its charter, continued to pursue the purpose of its organization, and giving the name and address of its present officers, the date of the expiration of the respective offices and the location of the principal offices of such corporation, which application shall be made under the seal of the corporation and shall be signed and sworn to by the president, secretary or other officer of the corporation, be reinstated. Upon the receipt of such application, accompanied by the fee herein provided, it

shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to annul upon the records of his office the cancellation of the charter of such corporation. The Secretary of State shall furnish proper blanks to be used in making such application, upon request. "Provided, that no such corporation shall file such application while any dissolution proceeding brought by the Attorney General against it is pending in any court of this State and no such application from any such corporation shall be received by the Secretary of State while any such proceeding is pending against it.

§3. WHEREAS an emergency exists, therefore this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED June 22, 1917.

AN ACT to prohibit corporations from practicing law, directly or indirectly, making the same a misdemeanor and providing penalties for the violations thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: It shall be unlawful for a corporation to practice law or appear as an attorney at law for any reason in any court in this State or before any judicial body, or to make it a business to practice as an attorney at law for any person in any of said courts or to hold itself out to the public as being entitled to practice law or to render or furnish legal services or advice or to furnish attorneys or counsel or to render legal services of any kind in actions or proceedings of any nature or in any other way or manner to assume to be entitled to practice law, or to assume, use and advertise the title of lawyers or attorney, attorney at law, or equivalent terms in any language in such manner as to convey the impression that it is enitled to practice law, or to furnish legal advice, furnish attorneys or counsel, or to advertise. that either alone or together with, or by or through, any person, whether a duly and regularly admitted attorney at law or not, it has, owns, conducts or maintains a law office or an office for the practice of law or for furnishing legal advice, services or counsel.

§ 2. It shall be unlawful for any corporation to solicit by itself or by or through its officer, agent or employee, any claim or demand for the purpose of bringing an action at law thereon, or for furnishing legal advice, services or counsel, to a person sued or about to be sued in any action or proceeding, or against whom an action or proceeding has been or is about to be brought or who may be affected by any action or proceeding which has been or may be instituted in any court or before any judicial body or for the purpose of so representing any person as attorney or counsel in securing or attempting to secure anv civil remedy.

3. Any corporation violating the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), any [and]