The purchasers at any such sale as aforesaid, may, if they choose, sell, transfer or assign all the railroads, lands, properties, rights, franchises and powers so purchased or acquired by them or belonging to the corporation whose property or a part of whose property was so purchased, to a corporation of any state or territory which may be authorized by the laws of such state or territory, or by its charter, to purchase or acquire such or similar property, and upon such sale, transfer or assignment being made, such corporation to whom the same shall be made shall become vested with all of said property, together with all the rights, franchises and powers thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining or [sic] to the corporation whose property or a part thereof was sold, subject to the restrictions and limitations imposed by law upon railroad corporations in this state, but shall not be deemed or held liable in any manner for the debts, obligations or liabilities, or any of them, of the corporation whose property or a part thereof may have been sold, except state and county taxes.
NMS § 63-5-4