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. History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 1, § 4; C.L. 1884, § 2625; C.L. 1897, § 3807; Code 1915, § 4656; C.S. 1929, § 116-104; 1941 Comp., § 74-104; 1953 Comp., § 69-1-4. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 18A Am. Jur. 2d Corporations §§ 222, 578, 579. Fraud in promissory statements to secure subscription, 51 A.L.R. 123, 68 A.L.R. 635, 91 A.L.R. 1295, 125 A.L.R. 879. 74 C.J.S. Railroads § 9.
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