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 378 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 17, 18, 19. 1859. P¤¤¤l*y M said ; and upon failure to do so he shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars to the °°g1°°t' party aggrieved, and all damages which he may have sustained in consequence of such failure or neglect. How defendant Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That in all proceedings, commenced t¥¤£¤>iig;5°h¤*8° under this act, the defendant may file a written undertaking, with surety °to be approved by the court, to the eifect that he will pay the Judgment that may be recovered, and costs, and thereby release his property from the lien hereby created. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That any person, having possession P9¤$<>¤Si¤ POS- of the same, who shall make, alter, repair, or bestow any labor on any §lff;P°;;>’£s:"z; paired, or upon which labor has been bestowed, for his Just and reasonable have p3E_ ’ charges for the labor he has performed and the materials he has furnished; and such person may hold and retain possession of the same until such just and reasonable charges shall be paid; but if possession pass from such person by his consent, the lien shall cease. If no speci,} Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of section agvwnent- twelve of this act shall not interfere with any special agreement of the parties. Act, ;833, ch. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act to g;’é_‘gé;;i§i_°5°¢ secure to mechanics and others," &c., approved March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent This mtmtakc with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and effect from its this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. P¤¤”S°· Armovnn, February 2, 1859. Feb- 2, 1859- Cxnr. XVIII.—An Act to provide for ¥al%}ighting with Gas certain Streets across the Be it enacted [gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of six thousand Appl-0prmu0n_ four hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for laying down gas pipes and erecting gas lamps on Four-and-a·half street, Seventh street, and Twelfth street, across the plat of earth described in the plan of the city as reservation numbers two and three, com[m]only known as the This acttotake Mall, the same be be expended under the direction of the Commissioner °*Y°°* f¤°°¤¤ its of Public Buildings. This act shall be in force from its passage. P””g°· Ammvsu, Februar-y 2, 1859. Feb. 2, 1859. CHAP. XIX.-·An Act to fix and  the Compensation of Receivers arid Registers 2/ the Land—O_j€ces under the Provisums of the Act ajqmwed Aprzl twentieth, ezlqhteen ’ undred and ezglzteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act Construction of for changing the compensation of receivers and registers of the land- ,m,1818,ch_123, oBices," approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, shall vo1.iii. p. 466- be so construed by the proper accounting officers of the government as to restrict the aggregate amount allowed as compensation for the registers ce;i*Y£;0*6° gz; aud receivers commissions on moneys received at any land-omce in any ,,m,,,m_ one calendar year, to the sum of twenty-tive hundred dollars each; and that the registers and receivers shall not. receive for any one quarter or And pro rata fractional quarter more than a pro rata allowance of said maximum of P°§v‘};;"°‘;`éy to twenty-five hundred dollars. Their compensation, both for salary and mmmmmq, commissions, to commence and be calculated from the time they enter on the discharge of their duties. Approved, February 2, 1859.
 * f;m?m;°;1a'l,';°; article of personal property, at the request of the owner or lawful poson, any personal sessor thereof, shall have a lien on such property so made, altered, or re-