The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-05-06
flaw No. COL

Law no. 20.
AN ACT Securing to Mechanic. Lien on Land
and Buildings.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota
SEoTIos !. That every dwelling or other
building for the construction, erection, or re.
pairs Of which any person shall have a claim
Tor material furnished or services rendered.
shall, with the land on which the same may
stand, not exceeding forty acres, or il the
building be within the limits OF any city, town
or village plat, the lot on which such building
shall stand, not exceeding one acre in extent,
be subject TO the payment Of sad claim and
the same shall be a lien on such land and build.
ing, aud shall take precedence Of any other
lien or encumbrAnce which shall originate sub.
sequent to the commencement Of such seryi.
ces, or the furnishing Of such materials.
SEC. .. The debt tor services or materials az
aforesaid, shall not remain lien on such land
or building for longer period than sixty days
after the person performing such services OF
furnishing such materials has ceased so to do,
unless he shall lodge with the Register OF Deeds
OF the county in which said building ia situated,
certificate in writing, describing the premises,
the amount claimed as lien thereon, an4 the
date OF the commencement OF the claim, the
same being first subscribed and sworn 70. as
the amount Justly due, as nearly a. the same
can be ascertained, which certificate shal! be
i,y -Af Sts;S
book TO be provided by the Register OF Deeds
for that purpose nor shall the debt for seryi.
ces or materials as aforesaid remain lien on
such land or building, for longer period than
one year after such certificate Ia writing has
been so lodged with the Register Of Deeds, un.
less an action for the recovery thereof be iusti.
tuted within the said year.
SEC. ). Any person who has lodged a Ger.
titicate az Aforesaid, after receiving satisfaction
for hia i.hs Anal
him, showing that nothing is due by reason OF
his claim, stall, at the request Of any person
Interested IN the premises on which the same
was lien, or interested ia having the lien re.
moved, lodge "a further certificate with the Reg.
lister OF Deeds that said debts satisfied and said
lien removed, which certificate shall be record.
ed by said Register OF Deeds, as aiore said, and
shall forever discharge said lien and If any
person who has received satisfaction as afore.
said, against whom judgment has been render.
ed rs Aforesaid, shall not, within ten days after,
request IN writing, lodge certificate with the
Register Of Deeds a. aforesaid, be shall pay to
the party or parties aggrieyed, a sum not ex.
ceeding one-half the debt claimed a. lien, on
such premises, according TO the circumstances
OF the case, 10 be recovered ia u civil action.
The Register Of Deeds shall be allowed for re.
cordlng the certificates provided for by this act,
the same fees to which they are entitled by law
Tor recording other instruments in writing.
SEC. {. The District Court Of this State shall
have jurisdiction Of all cases arising under the
provisions of this act, without regard to the
amount Of the claim for which the lien herein
provided is sought TO be enforced.
SEC. ). That executors and administrators.
under this act, shall have the same rights, ami
subject 10 the same liabilities, that their tesla
tor or intestate would or might have if living
sko. q All acts or parts OF acts inconsisten mt
with the provisions OF this act, are hereby re
pealed, and all Of Chapter Sixteen Of the SEES
sion Laws Of 1853, entitled bill legazing the
town of Winona and for other purposes, from
section nine TO twenty inclusive, are hereby re-
pealed.
SIC. 7 This act shall take effect and be
in force from aud after it, passage.
GEoRGE BRADLEY.
Speaker of the II Of r.
RICHARD q, MuRPHEY,
President pro lem. Of the Senate,
Approved March 90. ls5s.
CHAs. l.. CHASE, Acting Governor.
SECRETARY OFFICE. Minnesota.
March 20. ls5s.
hereby certify the foregoing to be a true
copy OF the original on file IN thus Office.
CHAs. l.. CHASE, Secretary.