The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-26
MECHANICS LIENS.
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desire was to effect q law that would be
just to all and burdensome to noae.
II NEW LAW.
''This is the portion of the new law OBJ
jected to-
".And further provided that at the time
of the making of the payment of the
price stipulated and agreed to be paid
therein, and every installment thereof,
the contractor or contractors shall pro-
duce and deliver to the owner or owners
of such building the release of all per-
sons who may then have furnished ma
terials used in the erection Of such build
ing, and of all journeymen employed in
the erecting or construction thereof, and
who may have a lien upon such build
ing or lands by virtue of this act, releas-
ing their lien on such building and on
the said lane Wherein it stands, including
the said lot or curtilage whereon the
same is erected, for the payment of any
debt contracted and owing to them for
labor performed or materials furnished
building, in accordance with a
stipulation to that effect to
be inserted in such con-
tract. which release shall lave ~thereunto
annexed In affidavit made and sub
scribed by such contractor, before any
public officer of this State authorized to
administer oaths and affirmations, set
SAAAS ~ NoR NAAO 49, VI
all such material men, Journeymen and
laborers, and the several sums of money
due to each of them respectively, for
work lone or materials furnished in the
erection of such building, and further
setting forth that such material man,
journeymen and laborers, and no other
person or persons having any lien upon
such building or lands by reason Of work
done or furnished materials for the cree
tion and construction of such building.
80. And be it enacted, That If any one
shall falsely syyear or affirm in the max
ing of any affidavit or affirmation pro-
vided for by this act he shall be deemed
thereof shall be liable to all the penalties
provided by law therefor.
THE GOVERNOR ENDORSED IT.
Sin the Legislature were the legal rep
resentatives of the largest real estate and
building and loan associations in our
Commonwealth, as we'll as the banking
and other money lending interests. To
these keen and competent lawyers the
bill was at once referred for their ap-
proval, as it was known to be useless to
try to effect the passage of q law that
be detrimental to their interests.
The bill was under consideration all win
ter.
"To asperse the character of this law is
to asperse the judgment and ability of
the most eminent lawyers of our State as
represented in our Legislature n of the
Governor himself.
"The new law as it now stands is not q
gotten up by material men, but is a
which was suggested and approved
by those who in the past have uniformly
objected to a change, because the changes
proposed would have been detrimental
and burdensome to and money
The new law does not nave this
objection, and had the hearty approval of
real estate, banking and build associa-
tions. as well as the laborer, the mechanic,
the honest contractor, and the dealer in
building materials.
1.-The new law is, to all intents and pur-
poses, the same as in New York, Penn
s~ylvania and nineteen other States of the
Union, except that it is not stringent as
in most other States. Is there any reason
why dishonesty and conspiracy to defraud
should be checked in those States and
allowed to run rampant in New Jersey2
1.-THE statement has been made that the
law will crowd out the poor but
contractor. This is not true. The
effect will he quite the contrary. Under
the old law credit was necessarily restrict
ed to those who, as far as could be deter
were financially responsible. This
nrecantion was the only safeguard the
man had. Now, the poor but
honest contractor car safely be given
on the assumption that the owner
will know it to be to his interest to see
all bills for material and labor are
IT'S sad to see a woman growing old before her
time
broken down and helpless when life should
hold its prime;
She feels herself a burden when a blessing she
should be
And longs for death to bring her release from
misery.
If these poor, discouraged women who
suffer from diseases peculiar to women
could only know that health could be re-
hasten to avail themselves of it. They
ought to know it, and try it. Every
woman who is still healthy ought to be
told about the wonderful virtue in this
medicine, and understand that it is a
safeguard against the terrible diseases