1845.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 287.
Proviso.

said lien until the expiration of the credit agreed upon;
provided however, that the lien or claim be filed within
the time heretofore required by law.

No designa-
tion of boun-
daries.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case there be no
designation of the boundaries of the lot or curtilage to a
building situate out of the limits of the city of Baltimore,
in pursuance of the fourth section of the original act of
Assembly to which this is a supplement, it shall and may
be lawful for the judges of the county courts of the coun-
ty, to which the said act of Assembly has been or may
hereafter be extended, to appoint commissioners to fix
and determine the said boundaries as the said court may
direct, and that such commissioners may and shall on
application to them proceed in the same manner as the
city commissioners of the city of Baltimore are directed
to proceed by the original act to which this is a supple-
ment.

Lien for work,
&c.

SEC 7 And be it enacted, That where a building shall
be erected by a lessee or tenant for life or years of a lot
of ground, or by an architect, builder or other person
employed by such lessee or tenant, that the lien for work
and materials aforesaid, shall apply only to the extent of
the interest of the said lessee or tenant for life or years,
and that when a building is erected upon a lot of ground
belonging to a married woman by the husband of such
married woman or person employed by such husband,
the said lien for work and materials shall not attach un-
less notice thereof be given in writing to such married
woman within sixty days alter doing such work or fur-
nishing such materials, or both as the case may be, and
that the said lien for Work and materials shall be prefer-
red to all mortgages, judgments, liens and incumbrances
which attached upon the said building or ground covered
thereby subsequently to the commencement thereof; pro-

Proviso.

vided always, that mortgages, incumbrances and liens,
other than lenses which have attached thereto prior to
the commencement of the said building, and which by
the exiting laws of this State are required to be record-
ed, shall not be preferred, but be postponed, unless the
same, are recorded prior to the commencement of the said
building.

Contractor or
or builder.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That in all cases in which
a contractor or builder of a house shall have purchased
materials or contracted for work, and the party from
whom such purchase has been made or with whom such
contract has been made, shall have given notice to the
owner of such building in pursuance of the first and se-