ART. 67.] LIENS OF MECHANICS AND OTHERS. 695

PERSONAL ACTIONS.

42 Right of personal action saved.

43 To what counties not to apply.

LIENS AGAINST BOATS AND VESSELS.

44 What boats and vessels subject to lieu, and for what debts 45 How such lien acquired 46 Boats' lien docket, what it shall contain, clerk's fees 47 How long the lien shall continue.

48 To what not to be preferred. 49 Lien, how enforced 50 Service of sci fa 51 Proceedings on return of writ 52 Submission or trial 53 Judgment, how enforced

LIENS AGAINST BUILDINGS. 1. Every building erected and every building repaired, rebuilt, or improved to the extent of one-fourth its value, shall be subject to a lien for the payment of all debts contracted for work done or mate-	Art 61, s 1 1838, c 205, s 1 What buildings subject to 32 Md 130, 46 Md 461, 14 Howard, 436
rials furnished for or about the same. 2. In all cases in which a building shall be commenced and not finished, the lien shall attach thereto to the extent of the work done or materials furnished.	Id s 2 1845, c 287, s 3 When building not finished 4 Md 29, 14 Md 173 296, 34 Md 656, 36 Md 65, 38 Md 288
3. No person having such lien shall be considered as waiving the same by granting a credit, or receiving notes or other securities, unless the same be received as payment or the lien be expressly waived, but the sole effect thereof shall be to prevent the institution of any proceedings to enforce said lien until the expiration of the time agreed upon.	Id s 3 1813, c 287, s 5. Effect of grant- ing credit, or taking notes, 16 Md 105, 32 Md 130, 46 Md 467
4. The said lien shall extend to the ground covered by such build- ing, and to so much other ground immediately adjacent thereto and belonging in like manner to the owner of such building as may be necessary for the ordinary and useful purposes of such building, the quantity and boundaries whereof shall be designated in the follow- ing manner.	Id s 4 1838, c 205, s 2 To what ground lien shall ex- tend
5. The owner of any lot or farm who may be desirous of erecting any building, or of contracting with any person for the erection thereof, may define in writing the boundaries of the lot or land or curtilage appurtenant to such building previously to the commence- ment thereof, and file the same with the clerk of the Circuit Court for the county, or of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, as the case may be, for record, and such designation of boundaries shall be obligatory upon all persons concerned.	Id s 5 1838, c 205, s 4 Boundaries how ascertained and defined
6. In default of such designation of boundaries previous to the commencement of any building, it shall be lawful for the owner of such lot or piece of ground, or for any person having a lien upon the same by mortgage, judgment, or otherwise, or entitled to a lien by virtue of this article, to apply by petition in writing to the judge of the Circuit Court for the county or the Superior Court of the City of Baltimore, to designate the boundaries.	Id s 6 1838, c 205, s 5, 1845, c 287, s 6 Petition for designation of boundaries
7. It shall be the duty of said court to issue an order to the county surveyor, or some other surveyor, to examine the building or place at which such building is being erected, and to make a re-	Id s 7 1838, c 205, s 6 Proceedings thereon