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ods of securing the lien, the time of filing, times and methods of enforcement, and the amounts that must be at stake to warrant procedure. The laws reproduced above are illustrative in most if not all these respects, while the abridgments and references given below furnish citations to the statutes on all phases of the subject.

Alabama.-To persons, firms, or corporations doing work or furnishing materials, fixtures, etc., for buildings, or repairing, altering, or beautifying the same, the improvement of real estate, etc. (Code, secs. 8832-8861.)

To blacksmiths and wood workmen. (Secs. 8863-8867.)

To jewelers, watchmakers, and silversmiths. (Secs. 8868, 8869.) To masters, laborers, stevedores, victualers, outfitters, shipbuilders, etc., on vessels, for wages, value of supplies, etc. (Secs. 8870, 8871.) To farm laborers working crops on shares. (Secs. 8872, 8873.) To railroad laborers and employees, on all property and credits of the company. (Sec. 8878.)

To agricultural laborers and superintendents. (Secs. 8879-8889.) To laborers and employees getting out or manufacturing lumber and timber. (Secs. 8901-8904.)

Alaska. To laborers, contractors, subcontractors, and material men on railroads, tramways, or wagon roads, for labor and materials. (C. L., sec. 51.)

To miners, laborers, cooks, engineers, etc., on gold, gold dust, or other minerals. (Secs. 164-174.)

To mechanics, laborers, contractors, teamsters, material men, etc., for labor and materials for buildings, wharves, bridges, flumes, tunnels, mines, etc., "or any structure or superstructure," or for grading streets. (Secs. 691-704.)

To any person making, repairing, or bestowing labor on "any article of personal property.' (Secs. 705-708.)

To any person performing labor at the instance of the owner of any mine or mine operation, repair or operation of any dredge, steam shovel, mill, etc., or any ditch, flume, tramway, road, or trail adjunct to mine operation, or on the products and equipment of the mine. (Acts of 1915, ch. 13.)

To persons performing labor upon or assisting in procuring saw logs, spars, piles, cordwood, bolts, or other timber, to owners of boats, teams, engines, etc., employed in moving or transporting same, and to cooks, teamsters, etc., on such logs, etc., for work and labor done. (Acts of 1921, ch. 6.)

On gas wells, oil wells, and other wells, and on pipe lines, for work done or material furnished in digging, drilling, repairing, operating, etc., the same. (Acts of 1921, ch. 38.)

To persons contributing by furnishing material or labor to the preparation of fish or other aquatic animals for food, fish meal, fertilizer, oil, or other article of commerce, on the products and on the plant or establishment and its equipment. (Acts of 1923, ch. 53.) Arizona.-To laborers, material men, etc., on realty for labor and materials for erection, repair, etc., of buildings, or other structure or improvement. (R. S., secs. 3639-3650, 3658-3663.)

To contractors, laborers, teamsters, etc., on railroads and their equipment, for labor and materials employed in construction or re

pair; also for boarding, etc., of men and animals engaged thereon. (Secs. 3651, 3652.)

To persons furnishing labor or material for canals, ditches, aqueducts, bridges, fences, etc. (Sec. 3653.)

To miners, laborers, etc., on mine or mining claim, for labor, material, or merchandise furnished. (Sec. 3654 (amended 1915, ch. 67).) For filling or otherwise improving city lot or adjoining street. (Sec. 3655.)

For construction, alteration, repairs, or carrying on of mill, factory, or hoisting works. (Sec. 3656.)

For cutting, etc., cordwood, logs, ties. (Sec. 3657.)

For labor and material furnished for repairs, etc., of domestic vessels, on the vessel and equipment and on freight money. (Sec. 366-1.)

To workmen repairing any article, implement, utensil, or vehicle. (Secs. 3673-3676.)

Arkansas.-To laborers, on products of labor, or on object, material, or property worked on. (Digest, secs. 6848-6865.)

To blacksmiths, horseshoers, wheelwrights, and automobile repair men, on objects and animals worked on, for labor and materials. (Secs. 6866-6888.)

To laborers, mechanics, builders, etc., on realty or on boat or vessel, for labor and materials for any building, improvement, repair work, etc. (Secs. 6906, (amended 1923, No. 563), 6907-6936.)

To miners and quarrymen, on output, and also on tools and machinery. (Sec. 7293.)

To any person or persons working in or about the drilling or operation of any oil or gas well. (Acts of 1923, No. 513.)

To any person, corporation, firm, association, etc., performing labor or furnishing fuel, material, supplies, or machinery used in digging, drilling, torpedoing, operating, maintaining, or repairing any oil or gas well, water well, mine or quarry, oil or gas pipe line, including tanks and other receptacles. (Acts of 1923, No. 615.)

California.-To laborers, repair men, mariners, boatmen, supply or material men, on steamers, vessels, or boats, for services and supplies. (C. Civ. Pro., sees. 813-825.)

To mechanics, material men, contractors, machinists, builders, miners, "and all persons and laborers of every class," on realty and equipment for work done or materials furnished on or on behalf of the construction, repair, etc., of buildings, wharves, bridges, ditches, fumes, tunnels, wells, fences, railroads, wagon roads, etc., and in mine operations and the reduction of ores. (Secs. 1183-1202, (amended 1907, ch. 303; 1919, ch. 277; 1921, ch. 144).)

To laborers, mechanics, caretakers, etc. on personal property, for labor, skill, materials, and care. (Civil Code, secs. 3051, 3052, (amended 1911, ch. 435).)

To mate and seamen, on ship and freightage, for wages. (Sec. 3056.)

To persons employed on or about barley crushers, threshing machines or engines, horsepowers, wagons, etc., on same, for value of services. (Sec. 3061.)

On logs, bolts, or other timber, for cutting, hauling, rafting, or drawing same. (Sec. 365.)

Coloredo. To mechanics or others making, altering, repairing, or bestowing labor on any article of personal property, for labor and materials. (C. L.. secs. 6432-6436.)

To mechanics, material men, contractors, subcontractors, builders, etc., on property on which service is rendered, for construction, alteration, repair, etc., of any building, mill, bridge, ditch, reservoir, tunnel, road, railroad, or other structure or improvement upon land. (Sees. 6442-6465.)

On gas, oil, and other wells, and on ditches, for labor and materials. furnished in digging, boring, clearing, etc. (Secs. 6466-6477.) Connecticut.-To persons furnishing labor and materials in the construction, removal, or repair of buildings, on realty and appurte nances; on railroads and their equipment, on the property of telegraph, telephone, or electric light or power companies, for materials furnished or services rendered; and on vessels, for labor or materials furnished in construction or repairs. (G. S., secs. 5217-5247.)

To jewelers, watchmakers, and silversmiths, on articles worked upon on request of owner or legal possessor. (Acts of 1919, ch. 73.) Delaware-To persons performing work and labor or furnishing material for the erection of any house, building, or structure, or for plumbing, gas fitting, paper hanging, paving, installing machinery in mills and factories, construction of bridges, wharves, piers, docks. drainage work, irrigating, etc., on the realty. (R. C., secs. 2843 (am. 1917, ch. 225), 2844 (am. 1917, ch. 225), 2845, 2846 (am. 1917, ch.

226), 2847-2851.)

On ships and vessels, for repairs, equipment, supplies, etc. (Secs. 2860-2862.)

District of Columbia.-The text of the law as to liens on real property is given above, pp. 39-41.

To mechanics and artisans making, altering, or repairing any article of personal property, on same for reasonable charges. (Code, secs. 1260, 1263, 1264.)

Florida. To mechanics, laborers, material men, etc., furnishing labor or material on buildings or other work or structure, or on fixtures therein or thereon; or on railroads, canals, telegraph, or telephone lines; or labor on farms, orchards, gardens, groves, including fencing, ditching, etc.; or on sidewalks adjacent to any lot-on the realty. (R. G. S., secs. 3495-3501.)

For labor on or with engines, machines, implements, newspaper or printing material, or doing work in any hotel, on the engine, machine, etc., or the furniture and belongings of the hotel; and on logs and timber and articles manufactured there from for cutting, rafting, driving, or other labor thereon. (Secs. 3502-3504.)

To bookkeepers, clerks, etc., on the personal property worked upon or used in the business or employment of any person, firm, or corporation, for labor or services performed. (Sec. 3505 (am. 1921, ch. 8474).)

To persons laboring in or managing or overseeing the cultivation of crops, on such crops. (Sec. 3506.)

To persons furnishing labor or materials for the construction of vessels or for their use or benefit, including masters, mates, searmen.

and longshoremen, on the vessel, her tackle, apparel, and furniture. (Sec. 3507.)

For the manufacture, alteration, or repair of any article or thing of value, on the same. (Sec. 3508.)

Georgia. To employees of any railroad company, on the railroad and other property of the company, for wages earned in its service. (Code, sec. 2793.)

To laborers, a general lien on the property of their employer, and a special lien on the products of their labor. (Secs. 3334, 33353339.)

To mechanics of every sort, machinists, contractors, material men, etc., doing labor or furnishing material for building, repairing, or improving real estate, building and equipping factories, steam mills, etc., or building railroads, on the same. (Secs. 3352, 3353, 3365.)

To mechanics of every sort for work done and material furnished in manufacturing or repairing personal property, on the same; on steamboats for the wages of officers and employees; on the products of planing mills and similar establishments, for the wages of laborers; and on logs and lumber, for hauling. (Secs. 3354, 3355, 3357, 3359, 3366, 3367.)

Hawaii. To persons or associations of persons furnishing labor or materials for use in the construction or repair of any building, structure, railroad, or other undertaking. (R. L., secs. 2863-2868.) To anyone making, altering, or repairing any article of personal property at the request of the owner or legal possessor. (Acts of 1921, No. 131.)

Idaho.-To anyone lawfully in possession of an article of personal property, for services by labor or skill employed for the protection, improvement, safe-keeping, or carriage therefor; or making altering, or repairing personal property at the request of the owner. (C. S. secs. 6412, 6413.)

To every person performing labor or furnishing material for the construction, alteration, or repair of any mining claim, building, wharf, bridge, ditch, dike, flume, tunnel, fence, machinery, railroad, wagon road, aqueduct for hydraulic power, or any other structure, or for labor in any mine; also to laborers and subcontractors on public buildings. (Secs. 7339, 7340.)

To any person who, at the request of the owner, grades, fills in, or otherwise improves a lot in an incorporated city or town, or the street in front of or adjoining the same. (Sec. 7343.)

For labor on or in procuring saw logs, spars, piles, cordwood, or other timber, the services of cooks included, also for the labor of manufacturing saw logs into lumber. (Secs. 7356-7371.)

To persons doing any labor on a farm or land in cultivating, harvesting, threshing, or housing any crop or crops raised thereon. (Secs. 7371-7475. Procedure, etc., amended, 1923, chs. 24, 33, 156.) Illinois. On sail vessels, steamboats, steam dredges, tug boats, Scows, canal boats, barges, lighters, and other water craft of above 5 tons burden, for work or services as seamen, master, or other employee thereof; and for labor at pumping out or raising when sunk or disabled. (R. S., ch. 12.)

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To persons who, at the request of shoes a horse, mule, ox, or other ani

er or his authorized agent, Ch. 66.)

On logs, bolts, or other timber, for cutting, hauling, rafting, or drawing same. (Sec. 3065.)

Colorado. To mechanics or others making, altering, repairing, or bestowing labor on any article of personal property, for labor and materials. (C. L., secs. 6432-6436.)

To mechanics, material men, contractors, subcontractors, builders, etc., on property on which service is rendered, for construction, alteration, repair, etc., of any building, mill, bridge, ditch, reservoir, tunnel, road, railroad, or other structure or improvement upon land. (Secs. 6442-6465.)

On gas, oil, and other wells, and on ditches, for labor and materials furnished in digging, boring, clearing, etc. (Secs. 6466–6477.)

Connecticut. To persons furnishing labor and materials in the construction, removal, or repair of buildings, on realty and appurtenances; on railroads and their equipment, on the property of telegraph, telephone, or electric light or power companies, for materials furnished or services rendered; and on vessels, for labor or materials furnished in construction or repairs. (G. S., secs. 5217-5247.)

To jewelers, watchmakers, and silversmiths, on articles worked upon on request of owner or legal possessor. (Acts of 1919, ch. 73.) Delaware-To persons performing work and labor or furnishing material for the erection of any house, building, or structure, or for plumbing, gas fitting, paper hanging, paving, installing machinery in mills and factories, construction of bridges, wharves, piers, docks, drainage work, irrigating, etc., on the realty. (R. C., secs. 2843 (am. 1917, ch. 225), 2844 (am. 1917, ch. 225), 2845, 2846 (am. 1917, ch. 226), 2847-2851.)

On ships and vessels, for repairs, equipment, supplies, etc. (Secs. 2860-2862.)

District of Columbia.-The text of the law as to liens on real property is given above, pp. 39-41.

To mechanics and artisans making, altering, or repairing_any article of personal property, on same for reasonable charges. (Code, secs. 1260, 1263, 1264.)

Florida.-To mechanics, laborers, material men, etc., furnishing labor or material on buildings or other work or structure, or on fixtures therein or thereon; or on railroads, canals, telegraph, or telephone lines; or labor on farms, orchards, gardens, groves, including fencing, ditching, etc.; or on sidewalks adjacent to any lot-on the realty. (R. G. S., secs. 3495-3501.)

For labor on or with engines, machines, implements, newspaper or printing material, or doing work in any hotel, on the engine, machine, etc., or the furniture and belongings of the hotel; and on logs and timber and articles manufactured there from for cutting, rafting, driving, or other labor thereon. (Secs. 3502-3504.)

To bookkeepers, clerks, etc., on the personal property worked upon or used in the business or employment of any person, firm, or corporation, for labor or services performed. (Sec. 3505 (am. 1921, ch. 8474).)

To persons laboring in or managing or overseeing the cultivation of crops, on such crops. (Sec. 3506.)

To persons furnishing labor or materials for the construction of vessels or for their use or benefit, including masters, mates, seamen,

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