Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-19
The New Lien Law.
An act to amend an act entitled "An ac
relating to liens" approved Nov. 8, 1877

'y V Washington, That an act en-
titled an act relating to liens, ap
proved November Sth, 1877, be ant
is hereby amended as follows, tha
is to say: Section two of chap @
} one of said act shall be and the sam,
is amended so as to read
"SEc. =. Such liens may be en-
forced by q suit in admiralty IN ren
or by suit in equity. In case of q
suit i'll admiralty IN rem, the law
regulating proceedings in admiralty
shall govern.
SEC. =. Section three of chapter
two of said act shall be and the same
is amended so as to read
" SEC. 3. Every person performing
labor upon or shall assist in obtain
ing or securing sawlogs, spars, piles
and other timber, has lien upon
the same for the work or labor done
upon or in obtaining or securing the
same, whether such work or labor
was done at the instance of the own
er of the same or his agent. The
cook i'll a logging camp shall be re-
garded as person who assists in
obtaining or securing the timber
| herein mentioned.
SEC. +. Section nine of chapter
two of said net shall be and the same
is amended 50 as to read
"Src. 8. Every person, within
thirty days after the closing of the
rendition of the services, or after the
close of the work or labor mentioned
III sections three and four of this act,
claiming the benefit hereof, must
file for record with the County Audi
tor of the county in which such saw
logs, spars, piles and other timber
was cut, CT III which such lumber
was manufactured, claims contain
ing n statement of his demand and
the amount thereof, after deducting
as near as possible all just debts and
offsets, with the name of the person
by whom he was employed, with u
statement of the terms and condi-
tions of his contract, if any, and in
case there is no express contract the
claim shall state what such service,
work or labor is reasonably worth,
and it shall also contain descrip-
ton of the property to be charged
with the lien, sufficient for identiti-
cation with reasonable certainty,
which claim must be verified by the
oath of himself or some other person
to the effect that the affiant believes
the same to be true"
Sec. 5. Section twelve of chapter
two of said act shall be and the same
is amended so as to read
SEC. II. No lien provided for in
this chapter binds any sawlcgs,
spars, piles or other timber or any
lumber for a longer period than
twelve calender months after the
claim as herein provided has been
filed, unless civil action be COM
menced in proper court within
that time to enforce same"
SEC. 6. Section twenty-three of
chapter three of said act shall be
and the same is amended so as to
read
Sec. %. Every original contractor,
within sixty days after the completion
of his contract or other termination
thereof, and every person save the
original contractor claiming the ben
eft of this chapter must, within sixty
days after the completion Of any
building, improvement or structure,
or after the completion of the alter
alton or repair thereof, or after he
has ceased to labor thereon from any
cause, or after he has ceased to fur
nish materials therefor, or after the
performance of any labor in mine
or mining claim, file for record with
the County Auditor of the county in
which such property or some part
thereof is situated, claim contain
ing a statement of his demand, after
deducting all just credits and offsets,
with the name of the owner or re-
puted owner, if known, and also the
name of the person by whom he was
employed, or to whom he furnished
the materials, with a statement of
the terms, time given, and condi-
tions of his contract, and also de-
scription of the property to be
charged iii the lien sufficient for
Identification, which claim must be
verified by the oath of himself or
some other person to the effect that
the atfiant believes the claim to be
just
SIC. Z. Sections one, two, four
and five of this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after the
approval of this act; and section
three of this act shall take effect on
and after the frat day of January,
A. ID. 1850.
BARON Rothschild, who built a
SO, 900 barn for his favorite horse,