450 ORDINARY AND INN-KEEPERS AND RETAILERS. [ART. 71

ordinary shall have a lien upon all baggage and other property
belonging to or under the control of such person and in such
hotel, boarding house, inn or ordinary, and may keep possession
of the same until the price or value of such food or accommoda-
tion shall have been fully paid, whether then due or to become
due; and for the purpose of collecting the said debt after the
same shall have been due for a period of fifteen days may sell
such baggage or other property for cash at public sale, upon
giving notice of the time, place and terms of sale by advertise-
ment published at least twice in one or more newspapers published
in the city or county wherein the said hotel, inn or ordinary is
situated, the first publication to be not less than ten days before
such sale, and the proceeds of sale to be applied, after payment
of expenses, to the discharge of such indebtedness, and the bal-
ance, if any, to be paid over to the person or persons entitled
thereto.

1892, ch. 590.

8. Any person taking boarders or lodgers into his house and
renting to them a room or furnishing them with board or both
shall have a lien upon any personal effects, goods or furniture
brought upon the premises in pursuance of such contracting for
room or board, and it shall be lawful to take and retain possess-
ion of the same until such board or lodging shall have been fully
paid for whether due or not; and such personal effects, goods
and furniture may be sold upon reasonable notice of not less
than ten days after the debt for such board or lodging shall have
become due and payable at either public or private sale to satisfy
such debt, the proceeds after paying expenses of such sale to be
applied in liquidation of such indebtedness, and the balance if
any paid over to such debtor.

Ibid.

9. A married woman may as landlady and proprietress con
tract with any one entering her house for board or lodging or
both, and have and pursue the legal remedies given in section 8
the same as if she were a feme sole, and shall further have and
enjoy all the powers, rights and remedies with respect to the
"renting, keeping and conducting of such boarding or lodging
bouse as if she were a feme sole, and it shall not be necessary
for her husband to join in any contract with reference thereto.