Before any certificate may issue hereunder a certified copy of its articles of incorporation or charter, if the applicant be a corporation, shall be on file in the office of the Commission. Every applicant for a certificate shall give such notice of its application as the Commission may require and shall file in the office of the Commission such evidence as shall be required by the Commission to show that such applicant has received any consent of local authorities that might be required under article VIII, section 15, of the Constitution of this State.