Any railroad company heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of New Mexico, shall have power to borrow money and purchase property, real and personal, for the use of the corporation, and to mortgage and pledge all or any part of its corporate franchises and property in possession or subsequently to be acquired, as security for the payment of the money so borrowed and for the payment of the purchase money for the property so purchased.
History: Laws 1871-1872, ch. 13, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 2700; C.L. 1897, § 3890; Code 1915, § 4733; C.S. 1929, § 116-702; 1941 Comp., § 74-206; 1953 Comp., § 69-2-6.
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. — 65 Am. Jur. 2d Railroads §§ 149 to 159.
74 C.J.S. Railroads §§ 246, 282.