Section 57-5-10 - Exhibitor having contract running longer than year; rights in selection of pictures.
57-5-10. [Exhibitor having contract running longer than year; rights in selection of pictures.]
Any competitive exhibitor or exhibitors having contracts or franchise, with any producer and/or distributor continuing for a period of more than one year, at the time of the passage of this act, such competitive exhibitor, or exhibitors, shall not participate in the alternative drawing or selection of pictures with the other competitive exhibitors, as provided in Section five [57-5-5 NMSA 1978] of this act, until such competitive exhibitor or exhibitors not having any such contract or franchise have acquired a number of pictures equal to that covered by said contract or franchise for a period of more than one year. In the acquiring of such pictures, same shall be done by taking the annual product of any one producer and/or distributor upon reasonable terms, and, if necessary, a sufficient number from another producer and/or distributor, upon reasonable terms each year during the remaining life of said contract or franchise, as to equal the number of pictures to be supplied under said contract or franchise for more than one year.