Chap. 36.—An ACT to amend the second section of chapter 119 of the
Code, in relation to Mechanies’ Liens on Buildings.

Passed April 13, 1867.

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the second
section of chapter one hundred and nineteen of the Cede of
eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

“92. If a person owning or having an interest in land
shall, by a writing signed by him, contract with another or
others to pay him or them money for erecting or repairing
any building, or the appurtenances of any building on such
land, there shall be a hen for such money on the whole inte-
rest of the said person in such land and the buildings erected
thereon, from the time that the said writing is duly admitted
to record in the county or corporation wherein the said land
lies. But the said lien shall not be in force more than six
months trom the time when the money, or the last instalment
of the money to be paid under such eontract, shall become
payable, unless a suit in equity to enforce the lien shall have
been commenced within the said six months; and in the
event of such suit in equity, the Hien aforesaid shall enure
also to the benefit of the sub-contractors and persons to
whom the contractor holding such lien may be indebted for
materials or labor: provided that such sub-contractors shall
jointly or severaliy file petiions at any time before final de-
cree, making themselves parties to the suit. If in such suit
the lien be established, the court shall order a sale of such
interest in the said land and the buildings erected thereon. to
satisfy the money which ought to be paid under such con-
tract to the parties in interest respectively.”
2. This act shall be in force trom its passage.