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 66 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. L Cns. 143, 147. 1884. all damages which he may have sustained by reason of such failure or neglect. How lien may be Sec. 11. That in all proceedings under this act the defendant may lile ‘“¤°l*°’H°d· a written undertaking, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the court, to the effect that he and they will pay the judgment that may be recovered, and costs, which judgment shall be rendered against all persons so undertaking, and thereby release his property irom the lien hereby created. No such undertaking shall be approved by the court until the complainants shall have had at least two days’ notice of N¢>§i¢=¤ of Amrli- the defeneIant’s intention to apply to the court therefor, which notice g;:?'; £‘t!"H‘::j shall give the names and residences of the persons to be offered as sure- ,,,,,.,,,,, gi ’ ties, und the time when the motion for such approval will be made ; and such sureties shall make oath, if required, that they are worth, over and above all debts and liabilities, double the amount of said lien. The complainants, or any of them, may appear in open court and make their objection to such approval, or file in the office of the clerk of the court their or his objections in writing to such approval. If such undertaking be approved before the filing of the aforesaid bill in equity to enforce said lien, the said sureties shall be made parties thereto; and if after the filing of said bill, said sureties, upon the approval of said undertaking, shall ipso facto become parties thereto; and in either case the decflee og thelfourt shall run against them as well as the principal on suc un erta ing. I g»i¤¤;;d§>¤>·» ¤¤ Sec. 12. That any person or persons who shall furnish, at the request ° · " · "*"· of the owner or his agent, materials to do any work on or labor in filling up any lot, or in erecting or constructing any wharf or other permanent fixtures thereon, or in dredging out the channel in front of any wharf, under contract with the owner or his agent, shall be entitled to enforce alien therefor upon the lots or wharves. Li¢¤¤ ¤v¤¤ ver- Sec. 13. That any mechanic or artisan who shall make, alter, or re- '°"“1 P'°P°'*¥· pair any article of personal property, at the request of the owner, shall have a lien thereon for his just and reasonable charges for his work done and materials furnished, and he may retain the same in his possession until such charges shall be paid; and if not paid at the end of six months after the work is done, he may proceed to sell the property at public auction, by giving notice once a week for three consecutive weeks in some daily newspaper published in the District of Columbia; and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied first in the discharge of such lien and the expense of selling such property, and the remainder, _ if any, shall be paid over to the owner thereof. h::P••l P¤m¤· _Sec. 14. That so much and such parts of chapter twenty of the Bevised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and tim;  are hereby, repealed; and this act shall take eifect from the a e o 1 s passage. Approved, July 2, 1884. Ju]! 3» 1884- CHAP. 147.-Au act to extend the benefits of section four of an act entitled “A¤ iii; act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the your ending June egghteen hundred and sixty-six,” approved Merch third eighteen hundred Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United I3 $$3*-. 497- States of America. in Congress assembled, That section four of an act enaLl1f: ¤ t¤:<¤g’ titled ‘*An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for m_*P Y · the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty live, be so construed as to entitle to the three months’ pay proper provided for therein the heirs or legal representatives of all officers of volunteers specified therein who were killed or ·who died in the service between the third