Every railroad corporation shall start and run its cars for the transportation of persons and property at such regular times as it shall fix by public notice, and shall furnish sufficient accommodations for all such persons and property as shall, within a reasonable time previous thereto, offer or be offered for transportation at the place […]
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, § […]
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 […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 81 repealed 63-3-24 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1878, ch. 1, tit. 8, § 13, relating to intoxication of engineers and conductors on duty, effective January 1, 1999.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.
The board of county commissioners of each county in this state, through which any line of railroad is operated or may hereafter be operated, shall have power, subject to the limitations in the three succeeding sections [63-3-26 to 63-3-28 NMSA 1978] contained, by an order to be entered of record, to require every railroad corporation […]
Any railroad corporation failing to comply with the provision [provisions] of the preceding section [63-3-25 NMSA 1978] shall be liable to pay a penalty of two hundred dollars [($200)] for each and every mile, or fractional part thereof, of such strip as it neglects to plow, as aforesaid, in each and every year as aforesaid, […]
Should any railroad corporation, operating a railroad in this state, not do the plowing and burning required to be done by the preceding two sections [63-3-25, 63-3-26 NMSA 1978], the board of county commissioners of such county may hire the same to be done and charge the expenses thereof to the railroad company so failing […]
All actions against railroad corporations for damages by fire, that may have been or shall be set out, or caused by operating any line of railroad in this state, shall be commenced by the parties injured within two years after the cause of action accrues. History: Laws 1884, ch. 34, § 4; C.L. 1884, § […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 81 repealed 63-3-29 to 63-3-32 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1915, ch. 37, §§ 1-4, relating to headlights, effective January 1, 1999. For provisions of former sections, see the 1998 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — 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 […]
In case of the failure of any district attorney to bring such suit within a reasonable time after information shall have been lodged with him, by the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] or any other person, of any violation of this act [63-3-29 to 63-3-33 NMSA 1978], it shall be the duty of the […]
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, every railroad corporation shall cause a bell to be attached to each of its locomotives and shall cause the bell to be rung at a distance of not less than eighty rods from the crossing of any public street, road or highway. B. For a […]
The following words and phrases when used in this act [63-3-35 to 63-3-38 NMSA 1978] shall, for the purpose of this act, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. A. “Public highways”: every place or way of whatever nature open […]
A. Subject to the provisions of Subsection B hereof, every railroad company in this state shall construct and maintain in good condition, at its own expense, good and sufficient crossings at all places in this state where its railroad crosses public highways, city, town or village streets at grade, now or hereafter to be opened […]
Whenever a state, county, municipal or other street or highway, including a highway that may be designated as a part of the federal aid highway system, which may be constructed or reconstructed in such manner that it crosses or intersects any railroad, the state transportation commission, or other governing body, may, if in its opinion […]
After construction of every grade separation, the state transportation commission shall maintain the highway roadbed and the structures supporting it and the railroad shall maintain its roadway and track and the structures supporting them. History: Laws 1929, ch. 97, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 116-1204; 1941 Comp., § 74-339; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-41; 2003, ch. […]
No person or persons, and no industrial corporation not incorporated as a common carrier under the laws of this or some other state, and not holding himself, or itself, out as such common carrier, owning or operating industrial railroad tracks in connection with any industry in this state, shall be held or construed to be […]
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 […]
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)], […]
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 […]
