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, or neglects to burn and remove the dry grass and vegetation from, as provided above, the same to be collected by an action of debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, by the attorney general, or district attorney of the district, in the name of the state, provided, such action shall be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues.
History: Laws 1884, ch. 34, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 2724; C.L. 1897, § 3905; Code 1915, § 4745; C.S. 1929, § 116-714; 1941 Comp., § 74-327; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-29.
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. — 74 C.J.S. Railroads § 437.
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