For examining and filing corporation papers under provisions of this article, the probate judge in whose office the same is filed shall receive a fee of $2.00 and be paid $.15 per 100 words for recording the same. The Secretary of State for the use of the state shall be paid $5.00 for filing a certificate of incorporation forwarded by the probate judge as provided by law.
(Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7154; Code 1940, T. 2, §112.)