Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1061

arrears, together with full costs, and without proceeding for relief
in equity within six calendar months after the execution, the tenant
and all other persons claiming and deriving under the said lease
shall be barred and foreclosed from all relief or remedy in law
or equity other than by appeal for reversal of such judgment, and
the landlord shall thenceforth hold the property discharged from
the lease. Nothing herein contained shall bar the right of any
mortgagee of the lease, or any part thereof, who shall not be in
possession, so as such mortgagee shall and do, within six calendar
months after such judgment obtained and execution executed, pay
all costs and damages sustained by the landlord and perform all
the covenants and agreements which, on the part and behalf of the
first tenant, are and ought to be performed.

Title IX—Mechanics' Liens
9-101. General Rule

Every building erected and every building repaired, rebuilt or
improved to the extent of one fourth of its value shall be subject
to a lien for the payment of all debts without regard to the amount
thereof, contracted for work done for or about the same, and for
materials furnished for or about the same, including the drilling
and installation of wells for the purpose of supplying water, the
construction or installation of any swimming pools, the sodding,
seeding or planting in or about the premises, of any shrubs, trees,
plants, flowers or nursery products of any kind or description and
the grading, filling, landscaping, and paving thereon. However, no
building or the land on which it sits shall be subject to a lien
as set forth above, if it shall be proved by evidence that all moneys
due for work contracted and materials furnished in repairing or
constructing such building has been paid to such persons, firms
or corporations who have actually performed the labor, supplied
the materials and said building has been conveyed to a bona fide
purchaser for value without notice.

9-102. Extent of Lien.
(a) Land.

The said lien shall extend to the land covered by such building
and to so much other land immediately adjacent thereto and belong-
ing 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 may be designated in the following manner.

The owner of any land 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 land appurtenant to such
building before the commencement thereof and file the boundaries
with the clerk of the circuit court for the county, for record. Such
designation of boundaries shall be binding upon all persons. In
default of such designation of boundaries before the commencement
of any building, it shall be lawful for the owner of such land or for
any person having a lien upon the same by mortgage, judgment
or otherwise, or entitled to a lien by virtue of this title, to apply by
petition in writing to the judge of the circuit court for the county
to designate the boundaries.