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 THE OITY OJ. SALEM. ^Se? �between him and theni avises out of the fact that lie is the owner of a boat upon which they claim a lien foriabor. On that account he is entitled to contest the fact of the indebtedness, or to show that the lien given by tKe law there'for has beeh waived or discharged, or fail- ing in these to discharge the lien by the payment of whateyer sum is found due the libellants, and thereby prevent the sale of the boat. �The exception for insufficiency is disallowed, and the exceptions for impertinence are allowed. �See The De 8met, ante, 483, and note. ���IHE City dp Salem. [District (Jourt, D. Oregon. March 4, 1882.) �Deady, D. J. This suit is brought by Charles Brown against the city.of Salem to enforce a lien thereon for the sum of $60 for labor done in repairing her at the request of Steffen, the contractor. �The: pleadings and circumstances are the same as the foregoing, and the same order will be made therein. ��� �