Record of anti-trust affidavits and annual reports submitted by foreign corporations, 1897-1917.
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Illinois. Office of Secretary of State
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The Office of Secretary of State, successor to the territorial Secretary, was established by the 1818 Constitution to keep both the state archives and a register of the Governor's official acts. The Secretary was appointed by the Governor until the 1848 Constitution made the office elective. In 1873, the Dept. of Archives and Index was created to "make and keep proper indexes to the executive records and all public acts, resolutions, papers and documents" filed with the Secretary of State. This ...
Illinois. Office of Secretary of State. Anti-Trust Division.
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In 1891 an act was passed by the General Assembly prohibiting the formation of trusts but no specific duties were assigned to the Secretary of State until the law was amended in 1893 (L. 1891, p. 206; L. 1893, p. 89). The Secretary then was instructed to require every corporation doing business in the state to file an annual affidavit affirming that it was not a member of or party to any pool, trust, or combination in restraint of trade. In 1895 another law was passed providing an appropriation ...