Chap. 315.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6437 of the Code of Vir-

ginia. [H B 339]
Approved March 19, 1920. ,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion six thousand four hundred and thirty-seven of the Code of Vir-
ginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 6437. How liens are enforced ; no priority except, et cetera.—
The liens created and perfected under the preceding sections of this
chapter may be enforced in a court of equity by a bill filed in the county
or city wherein the building, structure, or railroad, or some part
thereof is situated, or wherein the owner, or if there be more than one,
any of them, resides. The plaintiff shall file with his bill an itemized
statement of his account, showing the amount and character of the
work done or materials furnished, the prices charged therefor, the
payments made, if any, the balance due, and the time from which
interest is claimed thereon; the correctness of which account shall
be verified by the affidavit of himself, or his agent. When suit is
brought for the enforcement of any such lien against the property
bound thereby, all parties entitled to such liens upon the said property
or any portion thereof may file petitions in such suit asking for the
enforcement of their respective liens to have the same effect as if an
independent suit were brought by each claimant. There shall be no
priority among them, except that the lien of a sub-contractor shall be
preferred to that of his general contractor; the lien of persons per-
forming labor or furnishing materials for a sub-contractor, shall be
preferred to that of such sub-contractor; and liens filed by persons
performing manual labor shall have priority over material men to
the extent of the labor performed during the thirty days immediately
preceding the date of the performance of the last labor.