The words "any person owning stock" as used in the preceding sections [69-3-30, 69-3-31 NMSA 1978] shall be taken and considered to mean stockholders, whose names appear on the stock book of the company as owners of stock, and none others. History: Laws 1884, ch. 45, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 1574; C.L. 1897, § 2308; Code 1915, § 3474; C.S. 1929, § 88-212; 1941 Comp., § 67-226; 1953 Comp., § 63-2-26. Compiler's notes. — This section originally read: "Whenever the words 'any person owning stock' occur in an act entitled 'An act to compel mining companies to permit stockholders to examine company mines, etc.'; approved March 2nd, 1882, they shall be taken and considered to mean stockholders whose names appear on the stock book of the company as owners of stock, and none others." Compiled Laws 1884 and 1897 worded the section to read: "Whenever the words 'any person owning stock' occur in the above sections they shall be taken and considered to mean stockholders, whose names appear on the stock book of the company as owners of stock, and none others." The 1915 Code compilers provided the present wording.
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