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 MECHANICS} LIENS. 83 tioned to pay all_ intervening damages to the leased property resulting from waste and intervening rut for the premises. _ Sno, 690. On the trial of the suit in the supreme court of the District, If jury find for if the Jury find for complainant, they shall assess the damages and inter- <= ¤¤¤ Pl =•i¤¤·¤ 'P · vening rent ;_ and in case of default the same shall be assessed by the court. d“""‘€°“· 4 July, 1864, c. 243, s. 5, v. 13, p. 384. _ Sec. 691. The fees of the justice issuing the process, and hearing the F°°° 9f .l¤¤“°¤ issue, and making up the record, and certifying the same, and of the ““‘l °m°°" officer for serving the process, shall be those allowed in civil causes. my CHAPTER TWENTY. IEOHANICS’ LIENS. 2:;; W. .. Sr . o ma — ave lien. 704. When i h' . 693. Notice td Bled. 705. Who mgyxjiiiiii idmiog Gmrgomwu 694. Lien lost if no notice. 706. Consolidation of actions. 695. Notice to be recorded. 707. Satisfaction to be entered, when; 696. When lions expire, unless uctiou I forfeiture. brought. 708. How lien may be discharged. 697. Complaint and prayer of plaintiff \ 709. When owner held responsible for 698. Service of summons. claims against contractor, &c. 699. Notice to purchaser. | 710. Amount recovered may be set 062 700. Proceedings in action. 711. Liens upon personal property. 701. Priority of liens., 712. Special agreements. 702. Pro-rata payments. . 703. Extent of lien outside of Washington and Georgetown. ‘ Sec. 692. Any person who, by virtue of any contract with the owner who m,,y y,,,,,,, of any building, or with the agent of such owner, performs any labor lien. upon, or furnishes any materials, engine, or machinery, for the con- struction or repair of such building, shall, upon filing the notice pre- 17, s 1,.,v. ll: P. scribed in the following section, have alien upon such building and 316. the lot of ground upon which the same is situated for such labor done or materials, engine, or machinery furnished, when the amount exceeds twenty dollars. Sec. 693. Any person wishing to avail himself of the provisions of Notieetoberiisd. this chapter, whether his claim be due or not, shall file in the oiilce of the clerk of the supreme court of the District, at any time after the " commencement of the building and within three months after the completion of such building or repairs, a notice of his intention to hold a lien upon the property declared by this chapter liable to such lien, for the amount due or to become due to him, specifically setting forth the amount claimed. _ _ Sec. 694. Upon failure to file the notice as prescribed in the preceding _L¤¤¤ lvst if ¤¤- section, the lien shall be lost.  Sec. 695. The clerk of the supreme court shall file and record, in a Notices to be iebook provided for that purpose, all notices filed in accordance with °°¤l°d· section six hundred and ninety-three. Ibid. Sec. 696. The lien shall cease to exist at the expiration of one year _When liens oxafter the completion of the building or repairs, unless, before that time, pus unless action an action to enforce the same shall have been commenced in the supreme '°“8"*· court of the District by the person having such lien against the owner Ibid.,s.3,p.371. with whom or with whose agent the contract was made, unless such claim be not due at the expiration of one year after such completion, in which case the action shall be commenced within three months after the same shall have become due. [see t sos.] _ _ Sec. 697. The complaint of the plaintiff shall contain a brief state- Complaints_ and ment of the contract on which the claim is founded, the amount due P¤*Y°*‘ °f Pl¤*"***Y~ thereon, the time when the notice was filed with the clerk, the time inid.,¤. 4. when the building was completed, if it be completed, with a description