2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 49 - Land Grants
Article 2 - Corporations for Management of Community Land Grants
Section 49-2-3 - Board of trustees; corporate powers; election.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 49-2-3 (2018)
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49-2-3. Board of trustees; corporate powers; election.

The corporate powers of such corporation shall be exercised by a board of nine trustees who are owners and proprietors residing upon such land grant and heads of families. The board of trustees shall be elected by the owners and proprietors on the first Saturday in December of the year 1919, and upon the same day in every third year thereafter. The nine persons receiving the highest number of votes at the election shall become the board of trustees and possess the powers provided for in Sections 49-2-1 to 49-2-17 NMSA 1978, and shall hold their office until the election and qualification of their successors. No trustee shall serve more than two consecutive terms.

History: Laws 1917, ch. 3, § 3; C.S. 1929, § 29-203; 1941 Comp., § 9-203; 1953 Comp., § 8-2-3; Laws 1967, ch. 184, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For election of trustees in community land grants generally, see 49-1-5 NMSA 1978.

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