Chap. 498.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6426 of the Code of
Virginia. [H B 461]
Approved March 28, 1922.

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

Sec. 6426. Lien for work done and materials furnished by arti-
sans, mechanics, lumber dealers, and others.—All persons performing
labor, or furnishing materials, of the value of ten dollars or more,
for the construction, removal, repair, or improvement of any building
or structure permanently annexed to the freehold, and all persons
performing any labor or furnishing materials of like value for the
construction of any railroad, shall have a lien, if perfected as herein-
after provided, upon such building or structure, and so much land
therewith as shall be necessary for the convenient use and enjoyment
thereof, and upon such railroad and franchises for the work done and
materials furnished. But when the claim is for repairs or improve-
ments only, no lien shall attach to the property repaired or improved
unless such repairs or improvements were ordered by the owner, or
his agent. As used in this chapter, the term “general contractor”
shall include contractors, laborers, mechanics, and persons furnishing
materials, who contract directly with the owner, and the term “sub-
contratcor” shall include all such contractors, laborers, mechanics,
and persons furnishing materials, who do not contract with the owner
but with the general contractor. For the purpose of this chapter, a
well shall be deemed a structure permanently annexed to the freehold.