[Subscriptions to capital stock; minimum amount paid in.]

The corporators of each intended corporation, before filing articles of incorporation, must have actually subscribed to the capital stock of the corporation at least one thousand dollars [($1,000)] for each mile of its road and branches, and at least ten percent thereof must have been paid for the benefit of the corporation, to a treasurer appointed by the subscribers in its articles of incorporation, or their attorneys-in-fact as aforesaid.