The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-17

Payments made to n contractor within
the thirty days allowed for the filing OF
liens of iaborers mechanics and others,
shall be invalid as against such parues
entitled to file liens within such period.
Persons. making, altering or repairing
personal property at the request OF the
owner or lawful possessor thereof snail
have a lien. Persons transporting per
sonal property at the request OF the
owner or lawful possessor thereof are
given a lien upon the property so trans
ported. Persons keeping or storing grain,
wares and merchandise or personal prop
erty at the request of the owner or law
full possessor thereof are entitled TO
lien. Persons feeding or pasturing cattle,
horses, hogs, sheep or other live stock or
bestowing any labor, care or attention
upon same, at the request of the owner
or lawful possessor theoef, shall have a
lien against the possessor of such prop
erty for hts reasonable charges Every
person performing labor upon or assist
ing in procuring logs, sparS, piles or
other timber shall have n lien upon the
same. Persons performing labor upon or
assisting in the manufacture or lumber
shall have lien upon such lumber, while
the same remains in the yard wherein
manufactured. Persons, owning the
logs, spars, piles and timber, for the
agreed or reasonable value of such
stumpage. The foregoing are preferred
liens, and are prior to any and all other
liens.
Lost Money or Goods.
worth IS or more, if the owner thereof
be unknown. shall within five days give
notice in writing to the commissioner OF
the precinct in which such property was
found. and shall post notice thereof in
or adjacent to the postoffice and in one
other public place in the precinct. IL the
goods are worth SIS or more, he shall also
within fifteen days cause notice thereof
to be published in paper published In
the precinct, and If none, then notice
shall be posted in three public places in
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postoffice or adjacent thereto. If no per-
son claims such property within two
months after finding such goods and be-
fore using the same to their injury, the
finder shall procure an appraisal thereof
by the commissioner of his precinct If
the owner of such lost money or goods
appears within one year after the notice
so given to the commissioner aforesaid,
he shall have restitution or the value
thereof upon his paying all costs and
charges, including reasonable compen-
sation to the finder for his trouble. If
any finder fail to give notice as afore-
said, he shall be liable for the full
amount of such money or goods, one
half to the use of the district and the
other half to the person who shall sue
for the same; and shall be responsible to
the owner for double the value of such
lost money or goods.
Mortgages.
A mortgage on personal property is
void as against creditors of the mort
gagor, and subsequent purchasers not
encumbrancers of the property in good
faith for value, unless the possession of
such property be delivered to and be re-
tanned by the mortgages; or the mort
gage provide that the property may re-
main in the possession of the mortgagor
and be accompanied by an affidavit of
the parties thereto that the mortgage is
made in good faith to secure the amount
named therein and without any design
to hinder delay or defraud creditors.
acknowledged and filed for record as
herein provided. Every mortgage on per-
sonal property shall be acknowledged by
the mortgagor or person executing the
same, and such mortgage and accom-
panying affldaVits must be filed in the
office of the recorder of the precinct
where the mortgagor resides, or IL not
resident, in the precinct where the prop
erty Is at the time of the execution of
the mortgage. Such mortgages shall be
void, as against creditors or subsequent
purchasers or mortgages in good faith
after the expiration of one year from the
filing thereof; unless within the last thir-
ty days of said year a true copy of said
mortgage, with an affidavit verifying the
statements as aforesaid shall be filed in
the office wherein the original was filed
The effect of such renewal shall be to
extend the mortgage, as against credi-
tors, purchasers and encumbrancers, for
the further term of one year. ANY per-
son selling mortgaged personal properly
without informing the purchaser of the
existence and effect of such mortgage,
shall forfeit to the purchaser twice the
value of the said property so sold.
Limited Partnerships.
Limited partnerships may be formed
within the district by two or more per-
sons. subject TO conditions and limita-
lions set forth. If the name of any
special partner is used in the firm name,
with his consent or privity, he shall be
deemed and treated as a general part
ner; or II he personally makes any con-
tract respecting the concerns of the
partnership with any person except the
general partners he shall be deemed and
treated as general partner in relation
to such contract, unless he makes IL ap-
pear that in making such contract he
acted and was recognized as special
partner only.
Public Ferries.
The commissioner of any precinct may
grant license to any person applying
therefor to operate a ferry across any
lake or stream within his respective pre-
cinct. upon being satisfied that ferry is
necessary at the point.
Nare of Insane.
The governor of the district is author
lied to contract from year TO year with
any responsible asylum or sauitarium,
west of the main range of the Rocky
mountains, for the care and custody Of
persons legally adjudged insane.
Cape Nome.