, 1854-07-22
LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY.


Sec. 10. Any person who shall make,
alter, repair or bestow labor on any article
of personal property, at the request of the
owner or lawful possessor thereof, shall
have lien on such property so made, al
tered or repaired, or upon which labor has
been bestowed, for his Just and reasonable
charges for the labor be has performed and
the materials he has furnished and such
person may hold and retain possession of
the same until such just and reasonable
charges shall be paid
Sec. ii. Any person who is a common
carrier, or who shall, at the request Of the
owner or lawful possessor Of any personal
property, carry, convey or transport the
same from one place TO another, and any
person who shall safely keep or store any
personal property at the request of the
owner or lawful possessor thereof, and any
person who shall depasture or feed any
horses, cattle, hogs, sheep or other live
stock, or bestow any labor, care, or atten-
tion upon the same at the request Of the
owner or lawful pessessor thereof, shall
have lien upon such property for his just
and reasonable charges for the labor, care
and attention he has bestowed, and the
food he has furnished, and he may retain
the possession Of such property until such
charges be paid.
Sec. IL. If such just and reasonable
charges be not paid within three months
after the care, attention and labor shall
have been performed or bestowed, or the
or food shall have been furnished,
the person having such lien may proceed
to sell at public auction the property men
toned in the last two sections, or part
thereof, sufficient to pay such just and rea-
sonable charges. He shall, before such
sale, give public notice of the time and
place thereof, by posting written notice
for at least ten days in three public places
in the county, precinct, town or city where
he resides, one of which shall be in some
part of his shop or place of
business or if the value of the article be
Fifty dollars or more, then by publishing
the Same three weeks successfully in a
newspaper in the county, if any, in addi-
ton to the notices herein required to be
posted.
Sec. 10. If she property be horses,
cattle, hogs or othef live stock, and in all
cases embraced in this act where the prop
erty is Of perishable nature, and will be
greatly injured by delay, the person 10 whom
such charges may be due, may, after the
expiration Of twenty days from the time
when such charges shall have become due,
proceed to dispose of so much Of such
as may be necessary as hereinbe-
fore provided.
Sec. IA. The proceeds Of such sales,
after the payment Of the lien, all charges
for keeping and selling such property, shall,
il the owner be absent, be deposited with
the treasurer of the proper county by the
person making such sale, he taking the
treasurer's receipt therefor and shall be
subject to the order Of the person legally
entitled thereto.
Sec. Is. Attested copies of the notices
required by this act and proof of the pub
Iication thereof, and an afidayit of the
person claiming the lien, or some compe-
tent witness on his behalf, setting forth
his claims, shall be filed and kept in the
recorders Office of the proper county, and
the same, or copies thereof attested and
sealed by such clerk, shall be received as
testimony, and shall be presumptive evi-
dence of the matter therein contained.
Passed April %, 1854.
l certify the foregoing is true copy of
the original act.
G. H. MASON,
Secretary cfthe Territory Of Washington.