Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4951.21

Section 4951.20 of the Revised Code as to competing lines does not apply to companies whose lines are nearby or wholly situated in a municipal corporation of this state, or to the railway of any street railway company organized in this state which is made or is in process of construction to the boundary line of the state, or to a point within or without the state. Such company may consolidate its capital stock with that of any company in an adjoining state, the lines of whose railways have been made or are in process of construction to the same points, in the manner and with the effect provided by law for the consolidation of railroad companies.