The record-union., 1896-12-20
MECHANICS LIEN LAW.
The Chamber of Commerce Consider
ing a Bill to Amend 1t.

A special meeting of the members of
the Chamber of Commerce has been
called for tomorrow evening to con-
slider a bill to amend the mechanics lien
law of the State, to be introduced into
the next Legislature. The proposed
amendment makes radical changes in
is as follows:
The owner of any property on which
any building, improvement or structure
has been erected, or on which there has
been made any alterations, additions to
or repairs of any building, improvement
or structure already erected thereon,
must, upon or after the completion of
said building, Improvement or structure
or said alterations, additions to or re-
pairs, or when there has been a cessa-
ton from labor for thirty days upon any
unfinished contract or upon any unfin-
ished building, Improvement or struct-
Ure, or the alteration, addition to or the
repair thereof, file for record in the Of
flee Of the County Recorder of the
county or city and county in which
such property or some part thereof is
situated a notice setting forth the date
when such building, Improvement or
structure, or the alteration, addition to
or repair thereof was actually COM
pleted, or in case of cessation from labor
for thirty days the date on which cessa-
tion had actually continued for period
of thirty days; and said notice shall
also contain the name and the nature
of the title of the person who caused
the said building. Improvement or
structure to be erected or said altera-
ton, addition to or repair to be made,
and also a description of the property
sufficient for identification. and said
notice must be verified by himself or
some other person in his behalf Said
notice when 50 filed for record must
be recorded by the County Recorder
with whom the same is filed for record,
and the fee for recording the same shall
be the sum of ST.
Every original contractor at any
time after the completion of his con-
tract and until the expiration of sixty
days after the filing Of said notice of
completion or cessation by the owner,
and every person save the original con-
tractor claiming the benefit of this
chapter, at any time after the compile
tion Of any building, Improvement or
structure, or of the alteration. addi-
ton to or repair thereof and until the
expiration Of thirty days after the filing
of said notice of completion or cessation
by said owner or within thirty days
after the performance of any labor in
mining claim, must file for record
with the County Recorder of the county
or city and county in which such prop
erty or some part thereof is situated, a
claim containing statement of his de-
mand. after deducting all just credits
and offsets, with the name of the owner
or reputed owner If known, and also
the name of the person by whom he
was employed. or to whom he furnished
the materials, and also a description of
the property to be charged with the
lien sufficient for Identification, which
claim must be verified by himself or by
some other person. Any trivial iinper-
.fection in the said work, or in the con-
struction of any building, improvement
or structure, or of the alteration, addi-
ton to. or repair thereof. shall not be
deemed such lack of completion as to
prevent the filing of any lien; and in
case of contracts, the occupation or use
of the building, Improvement or struct-
ure by the owner or his representative,
or the acceptance by said owner or his
agent of said building. improvement or
structure, shall be deemed conclusive
evidence of completion: and cessation
from labor for thirty days upon any un-
finished contract or upon any unfin-