Constitution of the State of Ohio Art. XIII, § 2

Corporations may be formed under general laws;  but all such laws may, from time to time, be altered or repealed.  Corporations may be classified and there may be conferred upon proper boards, commissions or officers, such supervisory and regulatory powers over their organization, business and issue and sale of stocks and securities, and over the business and sale of the stocks and securities of foreign corporations and joint stock companies in this state, as may be prescribed by law.  Laws may be passed regulating the sale and conveyance of other personal property, whether owned by a corporation, joint stock company or individual.