Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-22
ARTICLE XII.
Corporations Other Than NUM-
cipai.


hereby created. which shall b'
known as the state corporation com
mission"
Sec. .. The members of the com
mission shall be elected for the tern
of six years. provided that those
chosen at the first election Tor state
officers shall Immediately qualify
and classify themselves by lot, so tha
one OF them shall hold office until tw(
Iscribe its own rules or order and pro-
until six years from and after Janu-
AIRY first, nineteen hundred and thir'
teen and thereafter one commits
sioner shall be elected at each gen
eral election.
Sec. g. No officer. agent or en-
ploye of any railway, express, tele-
graph. telephone sleeping car, Oh
other transportation or transmission
company, while representing such
company nor any person financiallS
interested therein, shall hold office as
ia member of the commission, or per.
form any of the duties thereof. ane
no commissioner shah be qualified to
act upon any matter pending before
the commission. in which he is in
terestcd. either as principal, agent of
attorney.
See. 4. The commission SHAH an
nually elect one of its members chair
man and shall have one clerk, and
such other officers. assistants and
lsubordinates as may be prescribed by
law, all OF whom shall be appointed
land subject to removal by the com
mission. The commission shall pre-
scribe its own rues of order and pro-
isrlbe its own rules of order and pro-
this constitution. The attorney &,
eral of the state, or his legally au-
thorized representative, shall be the
attorney for the commission.
Sec. 6. The Legislature shah pro-
vide suitable quarters for the com
mission, and funds for it's lawful eX-
ipenses including necessary travelling
expenses, witness fees and milea
land costs of executing process. issued
by the commission or the supreme
court or the district courts. The
salary of each commissioner shall be
three thousand dollars per annum,
payable quarterly.
Sec. 6. Subject to the provisions
of this constitution, and of such re-
lquirements, rules and regulations as
may be prescribed bv law, the state
department OF government through
which Shall be issued all charters for
domestic corporations and amend
ments or extensions thereof, and all
licenses to foreign corporations to do
business in this state: and through
which shall he carried out all the
provisions of this constitution relat-
ing to corporations and the laws
made in pursuance thereof. The
commission shall prescribe the form
OF all reports which may, be required
OF corporations by this constitution
or by law, and shall collect, receive
4 ana preserve such reports, and an
nually tabulate and publish them. All
fees required by Law to be paid for
a
| tion, reports and other documents,
shall be collected by the commission
and paid into the state treasury. All
charters papers and documents re-
latinG To corporations on file In the
office of the secretary of the terri
| tory the commissioner of insurance
land all other territorial Offices shall
be transferred to the office of the
commission.
Sec. T. The commission shall havo
power. and he charged with the duty
! of fixing, determining supervising,
regulating and controlling all charges
ana rates of railway, express, tele-
graph, telephone, sleeping car. and
| other transportation and transmission
companies and common carriers with
| In the state; 70 require railway COM
| panies TO provide and maintain ade-
| quate depots, stock pens, station
buildings. agents and facilities for
the accommodation of passengers and
TOR receiving and delivering freight
ana express; and to provide and
maintain necessary crossings, culverts
and sidings upon and alongside of
their roadbeds, whenever in the hidg-
inent OF the commission the public in
terests demand. and as may be rea-
sonable and Just, The commission
shall also have power and be charged
with the duty TO make and enforce
reasonable and just rules requiring
the supplying Of cars and eulipment
ior the use of shippers and passen-
gers and to require all intrastate
railways, transportation companies
or common carriers. 10 nro-
VIue such reasonable safety
appliances i'm connection with
All equipment. as may he necessary
and proper for the safety of it's en-
ploNes and the public and as are nov
or may be required by the federa
laws, rules and re's.il zion governing
interstate commerce. The commits
sion shall have power "a chang, ar
after suHh rates TO change. alter or
amend rs orders, 4ules. regulations
or determinations, ana tc ontotce ttc
same In the manner prcs..rib, 4
herein; provided that n me matter
81 liking rates OF telephone and tele
graph companies, due consideration
shall De given to the earnings in
Nestment and expenditure as whole
within the state.
Fhe commission shall have The nov.
ef 10 subpoena witnesses and enforce
thelr attendance before the commits
SION. through any district court or
the supreme court of the state. and
through such court to punish for con-
tempt, aud IL shall have power. upon
nearing. 70 determine and decide |
any question given ia il herein and in
the case of failure or refusal of any
person, company or corporation 10 |
comply with any order within the |
tme limit therein. unless an order OF |
removal shall have been taken from
such order by the company or corpor. |
alton TO the supreme court of this
state. II shall Immediately become the |
uuty OF the commission TO remove |
such order, together with the evidence |
sdduced upon the hearing with the |
documents in the case TO the supreme |
court OF this state. In event any COM
hahN, corporation or common carrier !
noes not comply with the order Of /
TIE commission within tho time limit \
- thereior. such company. corpora
tien or common carrier NAV file with i
ahe commission petition TO remove Il
s"en cause TO the supreme court and /
in the event OF such removal by the /
company. corporation OF common car
tlef' OF other party to such hearing. |