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NM Stat § 63-2-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 2 - Powers and Construction of Roads|Section 63-2-12 - [Aiding other roads; operating jointly; assent of stockholders.]

Any railroad company organized under the laws of this state, may at any time by means of subscription to the capital of any other company or otherwise aid such company in the construction of its railroad within or without the state, for the purpose of forming a connection with the said last mentioned road with the road owned by the company furnishing such aid, or any railroad organized in pursuance of law, either within this state or any other state or territory, may lease or purchase any part or all of any railroad constructed, owned or leased by any other company, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed on between such companies respectively, or any two or more railroad companies may enter into any arrangement for their common benefit consistent with, and calculated to promote the objects for which they were created: provided, that no such aid shall be furnished, nor any purchase, lease, subletting or arrangements be perfected until a meeting of stockholders of such company of this state, party to such agreement, shall have been called by the directors thereof, at such time and place and in such manner as they shall designate, and the holders of at least two-thirds of the stock of such company represented at such meeting, in person or by proxy, and voting thereat, shall have assented thereto. History: Laws 1871-1872, ch. 13, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 2701; C.L. 1897, § 3891; Code 1915, § 4699; C.S. 1929, § 116-204; 1941 Comp., § 74-214; 1953 Comp., § 69-2-14. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 63-2-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 2 - Powers and Construction of Roads|Section 63-2-13 - Corporate power under former acts.

All the powers, privileges and exemptions conferred upon corporations organized under the preceding sections of this chapter are conferred upon all corporations incorporated under the laws of this state for the purpose of constructing railroads and also upon all corporations organized for railroad purposes that have registered in the office of the secretary of state the original, or a certified copy, of their articles of incorporation, in accordance with an act entitled, "An act to amend an act entitled an act to create a general incorporation law, permitting persons to associate themselves together as bodies corporate, for mining, manufacturing and other industrial pursuits, and to repeal the sixteenth section of said act, approved January 30th, 1868". History: Laws 1878, ch. 3, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 2727; C.L. 1897, § 3908; Code 1915, § 4734; C.S. 1929, § 116-703; 1941 Comp., § 74-215; 1953 Comp., § 69-2-15; 2013, ch. 75, § 41. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers substituted "the preceding sections of this chapter" for "An act entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies and the management of the affairs thereof and other matters relating thereto,' approved February 2d, A. D. 1878." The reference is to Laws 1878, ch. 1, presently compiled as 63-1-1 to 63-1-41, 63-2-1 to 63-2-3, 63-2-7, 63-2-11, 63-2-13, 63-3-1, 63-3-2, 63-3-5 to 63-3-8, 63-3-11, 63-3-12, 63-3-20, 63-3-24 and 63-3-34 NMSA 1978. The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, required all railroad corporations to register with the secretary of state; added the title of the section; after "registered in the office of the", deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state". Protection under burglary law not privilege. — By conferring the "privileges" granted corporations organized under Laws 1878, ch. 1, as railroad corporations organized under the prior general incorporation act, this section did not extend the former railroad burglary section, Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 8, § 8, to railroad cars of corporations not organized under the act of 1878, since the protection of a burglary law is not a privilege. Territory v. Stokes, 1881-NMSC-013, 2 N.M. (Gild.) 161.
NM Stat § 63-2-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 2 - Powers and Construction of Roads|Section 63-2-14 - [Extensions into other states; power to purchase, lease and sell.]

Any railroad company may construct and extend its line of railroad into or through any other state, territory or foreign country upon such terms and regulations as may be prescribed by the laws of such other state, territory or foreign country, and such railroad company may purchase or lease the railroad constructed or to be constructed, and other property of any railroad company now or hereafter existing under the laws of this, or of any other state, territory, or of the United States or of any foreign country, with all rights, powers and franchises thereto in anywise appertaining or belonging, or may buy the stock and bonds or either of them, of any such company, and any railroad company now or hereafter existing under the laws of this state may, with the consent of the holders of two-thirds of its entire capital stock, given by a vote at a meeting, or in writing without a meeting, sell or lease its railroad, lands, rights, franchises, powers and appurtenances to any railroad corporation organized under the laws of New Mexico, or of any other state, territory or foreign country, subject to the restrictions and limitations imposed by law upon railroad corporations in this state. History: Laws 1897, ch. 18, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 3921; Laws 1909, ch. 35, § 1; Code 1915, § 4736; C.S. 1929, § 116-705; 1941 Comp., § 74-216; 1953 Comp., § 69-2-16. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers deleted the phrase "heretofore or hereafter incorporated or consolidated or existing under the laws of this territory."
NM Stat § 63-2-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 2 - Powers and Construction of Roads|Section 63-2-15 - [Extensions, branches, sidings and switches of foreign companies; eminent domain.]

Any railroad company organized under the laws of another state or territory, which, by a compliance with the laws of this state relating to foreign railroad companies, has purchased or may purchase a line of railroad constructed by another company within this state, may extend such line of railroad, and project and build branches to the same, and sidetracks and switches connecting therewith, and otherwise improve the same, and for such purpose exercise the right of eminent domain to the same extent and in like manner as may be done by a domestic railroad corporation. And any railroad company organized under the laws of this state shall also have the right to extend its line of railroad, to project and build branches, sidetracks and switches, to improve the same and to exercise the right of eminent domain in acquiring lands, right-of-way and other privileges therefor to the same extent as provided by law for the main line of such railroad. History: Laws 1901, ch. 9, § 1; 1907, ch. 27, § 1; Code 1915, § 4737; C.S. 1929, § 116-706; 1941 Comp., § 74-217; 1953 Comp., § 69-2-17. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For eminent domain, see 42A-1-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 63-2-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 2 - Powers and Construction of Roads|Section 63-2-16 - Foreign roads; extensions; certificate to be filed; time for commencement and completion.

Any such railroad corporation owning or operating a line of railroad in this state and projecting one or more extensions or branches of such line of railroad in this state shall file in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the county clerk of each county through or in which the line of any such extension or branch shall be located a declaration, subscribed by its president or vice president and attested under its corporate seal, of its intention to construct such extension or branch line, stating the places from and to which it is intended to build the same, together with a map or plat showing the surveyed line or route thereof. The filing of such declaration and map or plat shall entitle such railroad corporation to a prior right to construct such extension or branch line along the line or route described therein; provided such corporation shall commence construction within four years after date of filing in the office of the secretary of state and complete the same within six years, and provided further, that it shall comply with the laws of this state for acquiring lands for right of way. Nothing in this section or Section 63-2-15 NMSA 1978 shall be deemed to exclude the jurisdiction of this state over the control of all railroads or parts thereof situate within the boundaries of this state. History: Laws 1901, ch. 9, § 2; 1907, ch. 94, § 1; 1909, ch. 44, § 1; Code 1915, § 4738; C.S. 1929, § 116-707; 1941 Comp., § 74-218; 1953 Comp., § 69-2-18; 2013, ch. 75, § 42. ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, required railroad corporations to file declarations of intention to construct extensions and branches with the secretary of state; added the title of the section; in the first sentence, after "file in the office of the", deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state"'; in the second sentence, after "filing in the office of", deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state"; and in the third sentence, after "Nothing in this", deleted "or the preceding" and after "section", added "or Section 63-2-15 NMSA 1978".
NM Stat § 63-2-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 2 - Powers and Construction of Roads|Section 63-2-17 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 81 repealed 63-2-17 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1882, ch. 59, § 1, relating to contracts against public policy declared void, effective January 1, 1999. For provisions of former section, see the 1998 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 63-2-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 2 - Powers and Construction of Roads|Section 63-2-18 - [Peace officers; appointment; bond; no authority in labor troubles.]

The governor of this state is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the application of any railroad company, to appoint, and to commission to serve, during his pleasure, one or more persons designated by such company, to serve at the sole expense of such company, as peace officers with all the powers of regular peace officers, and to give a good and sufficient bond to the state of New Mexico in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for the faithful performance of their duties. The company designating such person or persons shall be responsible civilly for any abuse of his or their authority; provided, that such peace officers so appointed shall not have authority as such to act or perform any service or to be used as peace officers with reference to strikes or labor troubles. History: Laws 1921, ch. 141, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 116-901; 1941 Comp., § 74-220; 1953 Comp., § 69-2-20. ANNOTATIONSBracketed 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. — Special railroad policeman as public officer, 84 A.L.R. 315, 156 A.L.R. 1356.
NM Stat § 63-3-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally|Section 63-3-2 - [Damages in case of refusal of transportation.]

In case any railroad corporation shall refuse to transport persons or property as provided in the preceding section [63-3-1 NMSA 1978], or to leave the same at the place of destination, it shall pay to the party aggrieved all damages he or she shall sustain thereby. History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 8, § 5; C.L. 1884, § 2672; C.L. 1897, § 3863; Code 1915, § 4709; C.S. 1929, § 116-310; 1941 Comp., § 74-302; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-2. ANNOTATIONSBracketed 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. — 13 Am. Jur. 2d Carriers §§ 251 to 254; 14 Am. Jur. 2d Carriers §§ 862, 863. Liability of carrier for ejection of passenger who boarded train mistakenly, due to misinformation as to its destination, 8 A.L.R. 1183. Right to recover for mental pain and anguish resulting from being carried by station, apart from other damages, 23 A.L.R. 389, 44 A.L.R. 428, 56 A.L.R. 657. Carrier's liability to passenger for consequences of ejection or threatened ejection by one employee due to fault of another employee, 36 A.L.R. 1018. Liability of carrier responsible for passenger leaving train at station other than his destination, 118 A.L.R. 1327. 13 C.J.S. Carriers §§ 232, 233 281, 357, 372; 74 C.J.S. Railroads § 447.
NM Stat § 63-3-3 to 63-3-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally|Section 63-3-3 to 63-3-5 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 81 repealed 63-3-3 to 63-3-5 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1878, ch. 1, tit. 8, § 14, and Laws 1947, ch. 49, §§ 1 and 2, relating to receiving livestock for shipment required, penalties, and tickets, effective January 1, 1999. For provisions of former sections, see the 1998 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 63-3-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally|Section 63-3-6 - [Injury to passenger; contributory negligence; insufficient room.]

If a passenger be injured while on the platform of any car, or while in any mail, express, baggage or freight car, or on the locomotive, or while his or her head, limbs or body is projected outside the window or door of any passenger car, in violation of the printed regulations of said corporation posted up at the time, in a conspicuous place inside of the passenger cars then in the train, or in violation of any verbal instructions given by any officer of the train, such passenger shall be deemed guilty of contributory negligence, and such corporation shall not be liable for such injury: provided, that there was, at the time, inside of its passenger cars, room sufficient for the accommodation of such passenger. History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 8, § 7; C.L. 1884, § 2674; C.L. 1897, § 3865; Code 1915, § 4711; C.S. 1929, § 116-312; 1941 Comp., § 74-304; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-6. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Law reviews. — For comment, "Bartlett Revisited: New Mexico Tort Law Twenty Years After the Abolition of Joint and Several Liability — Part One," see N.M. L. Rev. 1 (2003). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 65 Am. Jur. 2d Railroads §§ 460 to 476. Liability for injury to passenger by car door, 25 A.L.R. 1061, 41 A.L.R. 1089. Duty of carrier to guard young children against danger of falling from car, 28 A.L.R. 1035. Liability for injury to passenger by car window, 29 A.L.R. 1262, 45 A.L.R. 1541. Carrier's liability for injury to passenger due to rushing or crowding of passengers, 155 A.L.R. 634. Contributory negligence of physically handicapped or intoxicated person in boarding or alighting from standing train or car, 30 A.L.R.2d 334. Carrier's duty and liability to its passenger injured on platform or the like of station or terminal owned by another company, 41 A.L.R.2d 1286. Width or design of lateral space between passenger loading platform and car entrance as affecting carrier's liability to passenger for injuries incurred from falling into space, 28 A.L.R.4th 748. 75 C.J.S. Railroads §§ 943, 944.
NM Stat § 63-3-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally|Section 63-3-7 - [Baggage checks; refusal to furnish; nondelivery of baggage; damages.]

A check shall be affixed to every package or parcel of baggage when taken for transportation by such corporation, and a duplicate thereof shall be given to the passenger delivering the same for transportation, and, if such check be refused on demand, such corporation shall pay to such passenger the sum of twenty dollars [($20.00)], to be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdiction and in addition to the foregoing, no fare or toll shall be collected from such passenger; and if such passenger shall have paid his or her fare, he or she shall be entitled, upon demand, to a return thereof. Upon the production of such check at his or her place of destination, such passenger shall be entitled to receive his or her baggage, and if the same be not delivered within a reasonable time, he or she may be a witness in any action brought on account of such nondelivery, to prove the contents and value thereof: provided, that all actions to recover such baggage, or the value thereof, shall be barred at the expiration of three months after the same shall have accrued. History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 8, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 2669; C.L. 1897, § 3860; Code 1915, § 4706; C.S. 1929, § 116-307; 1941 Comp., § 74-305; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-7. ANNOTATIONSBracketed 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. — 14 Am. Jur. 2d Carriers §§ 1222, 1234. Extra or excess baggage, 2 A.L.R. 109. Carrier's liability in respect to baggage checked in parcel room, 7 A.L.R. 1234, 27 A.L.R. 157, 37 A.L.R. 762. Regulation by public service commission as to checking and handling of baggage, 21 A.L.R. 323. Liability of carrier for baggage not accompanied by passenger, 23 A.L.R. 1446. Responsibility of carrier for acts or omission of red caps or porters other than train employees, 59 A.L.R. 126. Discrimination by carrier between passengers as regards checking and handling of baggage, 59 A.L.R. 329. Tort liability of master for theft by servant, 15 A.L.R.2d 829, 39 A.L.R.4th 543. Railroad carrier's liability for loss of baggage or effects accompanying passenger, 32 A.L.R.2d 630. Liability of carrier for loss of passenger's baggage or packages, 68 A.L.R.2d 1350. 13 C.J.S. Carriers §§ 499, 502.
NM Stat § 63-3-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally|Section 63-3-8 - [Unclaimed baggage; sale after three months' period; proceeds of sale.]

Every railroad corporation shall safely and securely keep, as warehouseman, all unclaimed baggage for the space of three months, at the expiration of which time it may sell the same, if not previously called for, at public auction, after ten days' public notice by publication in some newspaper of general circulation; or if there be no such paper in the vicinity, then by posting written or printed notices in three conspicuous places in the neighborhood in which such sale is to be made. For the purpose of making such sale, it shall be lawful to open each trunk, package or parcel, and make known the contents thereof. A true account of the sale shall be kept, showing the price at which each parcel was sold, and the number thereof, which shall be the same as the number stamped upon the check thereto attached; and if there be any name, initial letters or other marks upon such parcel, the same shall also be noted in said account. The proceeds of such sale shall be paid, less expenses of the sale, to the owner, upon demand and proof of ownership, at any time within sixty days after the sale, after which date all right of action therefor shall be barred. History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 8, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 2670; C.L. 1897, § 3861; Code 1915, § 4707; C.S. 1929, § 116-308; 1941 Comp., § 74-306; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-8. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For legal newspapers, see 14-11-2 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 63-3-9 to 63-3-22 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally|Section 63-3-9 to 63-3-22 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 81 repealed 63-3-9 to 63-3-22 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1882, ch. 59, §§ 2-7 and 9; Laws 1882, ch. 60, § 1; Laws 1878, ch. 1, tit. 8, §§ 12 and 18; and Laws 1912, ch. 62, §§ 1 and 2, relating to fares, track connections, transportation of freight cars from other roads, lines, and employee hours, effective January 1, 1999. For provisions of former sections, see the 1998 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 63-3-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally|Section 63-3-23 - [Injury to employees from defective equipment; report of defects; contributory negligence.]

It shall be unlawful for any railroad corporation knowingly and willfully to use or operate any car or locomotive that is defective, or any car or locomotive upon which the machinery or attachments thereto belonging are in any manner defective, or shops or machinery and attachments thereof which are in any manner defective, which defects might have been previously ascertained by ordinary care and diligence by said corporation. If the employe [employee] of any such corporation shall receive any injury by reason of such defect in any car or locomotive or machinery or attachments thereto belonging, or shops or machinery and attachments thereof, owned and operated, or being run and operated by such corporation, through no fault of his own, such corporation shall be liable for such injury, and upon proof of the same in an action brought by such employe [employee] or his legal representatives, in any court of proper jurisdiction, against such railroad corporation for damages on account of such injury so received, shall be entitled to recover against such corporation any sum commensurate with the injuries sustained: provided, that it shall be the duty of all the employes [employees] of railroad corporations to promptly report all defects coming to their knowledge in any such car or locomotive or shops or machinery and attachments thereof to the proper officer or agent of such corporation and after such report the doctrine of contributory negligence shall not apply to such employe [employee]. History: Laws 1893, ch. 28, § 2; C.L. 1897, § 3217; Code 1915, § 1824; C.S. 1929, § 36-105; 1941 Comp., § 74-324; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-26. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For compensation for injury or death of railroad employees, see N.M. Const., art. XX, § 16. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Defect in appliance or equipment as proximate cause of injury to railroad employee in repair or investigation thereof, 30 A.L.R.2d 1192. Duty of railroad company to prevent injury of employee due to surface of yard, 57 A.L.R.2d 493. Momentary forgetfulness of danger as contributory negligence, 74 A.L.R.2d 950. Excessiveness or adequacy of award of damages for personal injury or death in actions under Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 USCS § 51 et seq.) - modern cases, 97 A.L.R. Fed. 189. 74 C.J.S. Railroads §§ 356, 424, 426.
NM Stat § 63-3-24 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications|Article 3 - Operation and Regulations Generally|Section 63-3-24 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 81 repealed 63-3-24 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1878, ch. 1, tit. 8, § 13, relating to intoxication of engineers and conductors on duty, effective January 1, 1999. For provisions of former section, see the 1998 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.