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.
Cross references. — For election of trustees in community land grants generally, see 49-1-5 NMSA 1978.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Corporations for Management of Community Land Grants
Section 49-2-1 - [Powers granted to certain community land grant corporations.]
Section 49-2-2 - Corporate powers enumerated.
Section 49-2-3 - Board of trustees; corporate powers; election.
Section 49-2-5 - [Vacancies in board; filling.]
Section 49-2-6 - [Majority of board constitutes quorum; acts binding.]
Section 49-2-7 - [Regular meetings of board; sale of community lands; handling of moneys.]
Section 49-2-8 - [Special meetings; business to be transacted; calling.]
Section 49-2-9 - [Selection of officers; rules; duties of secretary.]
Section 49-2-10 - [Resolutions for disposition of common lands; effective date; binding effect.]
Section 49-2-11 - [Protests against disposition of common lands; election.]
Section 49-2-12 - [Compensation of trustees.]
Section 49-2-13 - [Lands held in private ownership.]
Section 49-2-14 - [Lands improperly claimed in private ownership; ejectment.]
Section 49-2-15 - [Trespass on common lands or waters; jurisdiction of courts; injunction.]
Section 49-2-16 - [Conveyances; effect.]
Section 49-2-17 - Definition of terms; right to vote or hold office.