The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
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n.4-aF4 IEAT CLAW. l..-L4.-t
Supplement to an act entitled A act
to secure to mechanics and others pay
ment. for their labor and materials in
proved March twenty-seventh, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
four.
l.. Be it enacted by the Senate and Cen
raj Assembly of the State of New Jer-
ey, That section two of the act to which
nj. ,1Esb is IS a . arrangement 1gdd T n ra Be a an foi the same
2. And be it enacted, hat whenever n
building shall be erected in whole or in
ing and the land Whereon It stands shall
BE liable to the contractor alone for the
york done or materials furnished in
pursuance Of such contract; provided,
ether with the specifications accomp-
anying the same or a copy or copies
hereof, be filed N the, office of the clerk
# the county N which such building is
ituate before such work is done or
materials furnished.
2.And belt enacted, hat section three
e and the same hereby is amended to
(. cad as follows:
8. And be it enacted, hat whenever
Don demand, refuse to pay any person
tho may have furnished materials used
4 the erection of n such house or
9ther building, or any journeyman or
aborer employed by him the erect
g or constructing any building, the
.oney or wages due him, it shall be
ne QQl IL SQCH JUL lCy lC VI
II materialman to to give notice in
Tr:ting to the owner or owners of suuch
uilding of such refusal, and of the
mount due to him or them and 50 de-
UGH building shall thereupon be au-
horized to retain the amount so due
Gborer or materialman out of the
mount owing to him or them to such
naster-Workman or contractor, or that
nay thereafter become due from him
sr Them tn Enrh -W0rk or
extractor for labor or materials used
4 the erection of such building. giving
7emand; and if the same be not paid
r settled by said master-workman or
extractor, such owner or owners on
icing satisfied of the CORRECTNESS of sad
lemand shall pay the same, and the
eceipt of such journeyman, laborer or
naterialman for the same shall entitle
herefor N the settlement of accounts
between him and such master-work-
nan or contractor as so much paid on
account.
8. And be it enacted, That when a
9otice or notices shall be served upon
UGH owner or owners by any journey
lan, laborer or materialman, under the
hird section of the act to which this
5 a supplement, and noticethereof shal
a V been given by such owner or ow-
iers to the master-workman or con-
ractor as required by sad section, and
rid master-workman or contractor shall
within five days after receiving notice
foresa5d notify in writing the journey
,:shed materials that he disputes his
II their claim and requests him or them
D establish the same by judgment, the
wner shall not pay the claim until it is
0 established; provided, the master
sorkman or contractor shall notify him
i writing that he has given the afore-
aid notice to said journeyman, laborer
: materialman.
4. And be it enacted, That section
Implement be and the same hereby is
.mended to read as follows:
10. INC be It enacted, That no debt
hall be a lien by virtue of this act I'M
;ded within four months from the date
f the last work done or materials fur
;shed for which such debt is due; nor
hall any len be enforced by virtue of
his act unless the summons in the suit
or that purpose shall be isued within
inety days from the date of the last
york done or materials furnished in such
lain; and the time of issuing such
ummons shall be endorsed on the claim
= the clerk upon the sealing thereof
nd if no entry be made within four
aonths from such last date, or if such
iaimaDt shall fail to prosecute his claim
i.gently within one year from the date
{ the issuing OF such summons Or such
nrther time as the court MAJ by order
rect such Zen shall be discharged; pro-
ided. that the time in which such lien
nay be enforced by summons may be
xtended for any further period. not ex-
nent for that purpose. signed by SAID
md owner and said claimant and an
exed to laid claim on file before such
tine herein limited therefor shall have
ypired. In which case the oanty clerk eEe
margin of the Zen docket n~oosite such
lain. and any csai'nort upo3 receiving
written notice from the owner of the