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CHAP. 726

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 725.

AN ACT authorizing and directing the building commission
for the building of the annex to the State House to pay
out of any money due or to become due Henry Smith &
Sons, contractors for building the annex to the State
House, to the firm of C. W. Martin & Co. the sum of
three hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-nine cents
for the material furnished in the construction of said State
House annex.

WHEREAS, The firm of C. W. Martin & Co. of Annapolis,
Maryland, furnished to Culver & Fitzpatrick, sub-contractors

Preamble.

working under Henry Smith & Sons, material for the con-
struction of the State House annex to the amount of three
hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-nine cents, which
material was used in the construction of said annex, and
which amount the said Culver & Fitzpatrick refused to pay ;
and

WHEREAS, Under the laws of this State a mechanics' lien
cannot be laid upon State property; and

WHEREAS, Under the circumstances it was the duty of the
said Henry Smith & Sons to see to the payment of all
materials,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the building commission for the building of the

Sum of money
reserved.

State House annex are hereby authorized to reserve out of
any money due Henry Smith & Sons by the State of Mary-
land for the building of said annex the sum of three hun-
dred and thirty-one dollars and forty-nine cents, being the
amount due the said firm of C. W. Martin & Co. for mate-
rials furnished as aforesaid, and to pay over the same to the
said C. W. Martin & Co. in full payment of the said amount
due them.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 9, 1906.