Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-24

OF COLUMBIA.
The bill which the House District committee
has authorized MIR. Wal>worth, of Kentucky
to report his-sub> titute for the bill amending
the mechanics lien law of the District OF Co.um
bia, provides that person who performs labor
or furnishes machinery or material for con
structin:,, altering or repairing boat vessel OF
other wafer craft, or Tor erecting, altering. re-
pairing or removing house, mill, manui;lctory
or other building, appurie nance, machinery
fixture, bridge or other structure, by virtue of
written or parole contract, expressed or implied
VIII IL the owner or his authorized agent, shall
have lien to secure the payment of the same
upon such boat, vessel, building, &c, and the
interest OF the owner in the lot O. land on which
the building may stand or TO which it may be
removed. Such person. in order to obtain such
lien, shall file in the office OF the clerk OF the
within ninety days from the com.
pleton OF the construction, &C., an affi.
davit containing an itemized account OF
the amount and value of such labor
machinery, fixtures or material, with all credit
ana offsets duly entered, and the time or times
when said account is due or payable and a de.
Scription OF tine lot or land on which the house
mill, &C., stand; and the same shall be recorded
in Il separate book, to be kept by said clerk for
that purpose, and shall operate as a lien from
| the date OF the commencement OF the construc
tiOn or alteration, &c, upon the property con.
structed. altered or repaired, or the house
bridge mill, vessel, boat, fixture, appurtenance
or structure, and the interest OF the owner in
the lot or land on which such bridges or struc-
lures or Improvements zen stand and are situated
shall not attach TO any property real Or per
sonal Of the United States; and provided
boat. vesseLor water-craft shall not prevail ovel
any bOna-hde sale or membranes made OF
credited after delivery OF the possession thereof
to the owner by the builder or repairer.
The lien hereby given upon buildings, struc
lures, fixtures, appurtenances and the lot oil
land on which the same are situated, shall
ho npof ~
deeds of trust, liens and Membranes which
are rendered and made or are created subse.
alteration, repair or removal. OF existing laws
retained. any subcOntractor, material man.
labOrer or mechanic, under any contract with,
or employment by or under the original con.
tractor, performing labor, or furnishing any
material or machinery, for the erection, alterl.
ton, repair or removal of any house, mill, man.
ufactOry or other structure, and which is SO
used and appropriated, may file with the owner
OF the property or his authorized agent or clerk
and value of such labor or material under the
contract, expressed or implied, under which the
labor was performed, &C., with all proper credit
such owner shall detain in his hands all sums
then due and unpaid, or TO become due there.
after to the said original contractor upon the
contract to secure such account, and the &C.
counts Of all other sub-contractors, material
men, mechanics and laborers, who within ten
herein provided tor, shall file with BIN or bis
agent or clerk their sworn and ftsmized &C
counts. Each and all such sub-contractors
material men, &C., SO filing their accounts shall,
in order to notify all Others at the same time,
file q copy thereof with the clerk Of the SUI
preme Court Of the District of Columbia. The
owner, with the consent OF the original contrac-
tor, may out Of payment thus detained, dis
charge the accounts CT the sub-contrac-
tors, DC, thus MED with him, equally
and without preference, except that in
all cases labOring men and mechanics
shall be first paid In full for work done, to.
gether with the usual cost for afiidavits, &c.
II such sums are sufficient to pay them. And
tractor nom the owner, the laborers, material
men, &C., shall be substituted to the lien OF the
original contractor.