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So the amendment submitted by Mr. Banks was rejected. the question then recurring upon (he second reading of the bill, The Speaker deciding that the previous question having disposed of the amendments before the House under Rule 22, the bill itself, being the main question, was now open for amendment. to Mr. Stewart submitted the following amendment as a sub- stitute for the whole bill: Strike out all after the word bill, and insert: Entitled an Act to repeal section 15 of Article LXI. of the Code of Public General Laws, sub-title "Mechanics' Lien," and to re-enact the same with amendments. SECTION 1. Be, it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- land, That section 15 of Article LXI. of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland be and the same is hereby re- pealed, and re-enacted to read as follows: SECTION 15. The lien hereby given shall be preferred to all mortgages, judgments, liens and encumbrances which attach upon the said building or the grounds covered thereby, and all mortgages and liens which, by the laws of this State, are required to be recorded shall be postponed to said lien, whether recorded prior or subsequently to the commence- ment of said building, and the mechanic or person furnish' ing work shall have his lien in preference to all others. Pending the consideration whereof, On motion of Mr. McCosker, At 3 o'clock, P. M,, the House adjourned. |
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