New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - Organization and Management of Railroads
Section 63-1-12 - [Management by board of directors; number; quorum; vacancies.]

The corporate powers, business and property of all railroad corporations must be exercised, conducted, controlled and managed by a board of not less than five nor more than eleven directors, to be elected from among the stockholders, who are citizens of the United States. Unless a quorum be present and acting, no business performed or act done, shall be valid or binding as against the corporation. Vacancies in the board of directors shall be filled by appointment by the board, unless otherwise provided by the bylaws of the corporation. Within the limits above specified, the number of directors may be increased or diminished by a vote of stockholders representing two-thirds of the subscribed capital stock, at any annual meeting of the stockholders.
History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 3, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 2633; C.L. 1897, § 3815; Code 1915, § 4673; C.S. 1929, § 116-121; 1941 Comp., § 74-112; 1953 Comp., § 69-1-12.
Bracketed 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. — 18B Am. Jur. 2d Corporations §§ 1345, 1347, 1349 to 1352, 1354 to 1358, 1400, 1401, 1470, 1471.
19 C.J.S. Corporations §§ 272 to 274; 74 C.J.S. Railroads § 15.

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